True surrender is not simply surrender of our external life but surrender of our will - and once that is done, surrender is complete. The greatest crisis we ever face is the surrender of our will. Yet God never forces a person's will into surrender, and He never begs. He patiently waits until that person willingly yields to Him. And once that battle has been fought, it never needs to be fought again.

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Surrender for Deliverance. "Come to me . . . and I will give you rest" (Matthew 11:28).. It is only after we have begun to experience what salvation really means that we surrender our will to Jesus for rest. Whatever is causing us a sense of uncertainty is actually a call to our will - "Come to Me." It is a voluntary coming.

Surrender for Devotion. "If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself . . ." (Matthew 16:24). The surrender here is of my self to Jesus, with His rest at the heart of my being. He says, :If you desire to be My disciple, you must give up your right to yourself to Me." And once this is done, the remainder of your life will exhibit nothing but the evidence of this surrender, and you never need to be concerned again with what the future may hold for you. Whatever your circumstances may be, Jesus is totally sufficient.

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Surrender for Death. Have you learned what it means to be girded for death? Beware of some surrender that you make to God in an ecstatic moment in your life, because you are apt to take it back again. True  surrender is a matter of being "united together (with Jesus) in the likeness of His death" (Romans 6:5) until nothing ever appeals to you that did not appeal to Him. After you surrender - then what? Your entire life should be characterized by an eagerness of maintain unbroken fellowship and oneness with God.

 

 

 

 

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