Surrender is a word we don’t talk about much. The concept goes counter culture to our world. We would much rather talk about success, conquering, winning, achieving. But surrender is a very necessary aspect of the believer’s life. Surrender means you let God take control. It means you obey what God wants you to do, and you trust Him in the journey. You yield your resources, your time, your talents, and your life to accomplish his will. We resist that initially, because we think that means we are giving up so much, but what we discover is we gain so much.

Jesus said in Matthew 16:25, “Whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will find it.” Finding real life means surrendering yourself completely to Jesus Christ. When we do we will find fulfillment in every area of our life.

We find fulfillment in worship.  Authentic worship comes when we surrender. Paul says in Romans when we become a living sacrifice, which is our daily surrendering to God, we are worshipping. Daily, lifestyle worship is “his good, perfect, pleasing will.” (Romans 12:1,2)

We find fulfillment in service. One paradox of life is this: when you give, you get. And when we begin to focus on serving the needs of others, we find we gain so much in the process.

We find fulfillment in relationships. Meeting the needs of others will build genuine relationships, which are deep and meaningful. When you invest yourself in other people other people, in turn, invest in you. And deep, authentic relationships are cultivated.

Are you willing to begin the journey of surrender? God can do incredible things through a life that is surrendered to him.