June 21, 2010

Some to Jesus, I Surrender

This morning I read an interesting post over at Red Letter Believers about surrender. As I read the words, familiar lyrics came to mind.

I surrender all
I surrender all
All to Jesus, I surrender
I surrender all.

The reality is "I surrender some." I think I can fairly say that "I surrender most," but I don't surrender all. I hate admitting that I wrestle with God to hang onto the control that I don't want to give up. Ironic, isn't it? I want to maintain control, even though I know in my heart that God can do it better.

I want to surrender all.

Blessings,
Margaret

"I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief!" - Mark 9:24

7 comments:

  1. Letting go of control is one of the hardest things any of us can do. I try to let life carry me on its wave when I can. I also spend plenty of time worrying over where its taking me.

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  2. Surrendering with you, my friend. Some things..only GOD can handle and truly we should be allowing HIM to handle all of them! I am clearly a work in progress in this area.

    Blessings and prayers,
    andrea

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  3. I just wish is was as easy to do as it is to say. I hate when people say "just give it up to God..." don't they know how hard that is!!!!

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  4. Its easy for me to surrender to God when you have hit that wall. When I'm at the bottom of a mountain of insermountable situations I think its easy to surrender. But in those moments when I feel like everything is working, when the world is mine for the taking, its hard to remember just who got me to the top of the mountain.

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  5. I have spent a whole lot of time over the last 4ish months learning all about surrendering ALL. Unfortunately, I haven't done too well, and have suffered consequences a few more times than I like to think about because I wasn't willing to surrender everything.

    It's definitely a tough boat to row. Something that I think if we are all honest we can say none of us willingly surrenders all...we do at times...but usually take back parts.

    Thanks for being such an encouragement on my blog! Sorry haven't been around here lately. Life has dealt me a lot of work to do! Can you imagine that? Having to acutally do my job to get paid rather than surf the web and comment on blogs? ::snort::

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  6. It is very difficult to "surrender all," but there have been times when the burden becomes just too great - I let go, and to my surprise it turns out better than I could have ever imagined.

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  7. I think - no I know - it's when things are going well that I struggle with surrendering. It's when I don't have a choice that I'm ready to say, OK, it's yours now. I hate that I can't hand it all over when during the good times.

    And why can't I think clearly enough to type at 6:30 in the morning?

    All to Thee, my blessed Savior,
    I surrender all.

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