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What Is Total Surrender?

October 20th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Christianity, faith, God, Holy Spirit

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What does it really mean to surrender every dream and every single part of your whole life to God?

For much of my life, I thought this kind of surrender meant that God would tell me to do something I didn’t want to do; then I would be stuck in a miserable existence, forcing myself to be obedient to Him day after day but wishing I had chosen another path.

My perception of God was so wrong. How could I have ever believed that my loving Father who created me would ever want anything less than His best for my life? My only answer is that I felt I was smart enough to do things on my own. It’s funny how we always try to make ourselves believe that we are in complete control of all situations when, in actuality, there are very few things we have any control over at all.

It is a scary thing to make the decision to turn your life over completely to God if you don’t already know something about His Character. His dreams for you are much better than any you have ever had, but you will never understand Him with head knowledge only. You must read the Bible and let its words soak into your heart to change your way of thinking.

If you have come to the conclusion that you don’t have everything under control and can’t make things right no matter how hard you try, give up your own way of doing things and give God the steering wheel. He will meet you exactly where you are at this moment and start to direct your ways.

Once you start to see His Character, you will find that you can fully surrender every area of your life to Him and know that He is leading you in the right direction.

Total surrender is just being obedient to the leadership of the Holy Spirit (God living inside the Christian.) You don’t need to have all the answers when God already knows them.

John 16: 13-14

Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall  he speak: and he will shew you things to come.

He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you.

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    I think that it would be impossible for any type of God to exist. It’s just so incredibly illogical. When I look at people going to church on Sunday, I almost feel bad for them because they have been tricked into believing a bunch of impossible stories written by someone or something that has been alive forever.

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    You put’s a Very Good topic.I am Agree as my upper friend says “I almost feel bad for them because they have been tricked into believing a bunch of impossible stories written by someone or something that has been alive forever.”.

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    I have to agree with the first comment. The problem is that many people think what they believe has come from their own input. When actually, majority of people believe what they are told by their parents. How many Christians have Muslim parents?