It seems as if we always hear about giving God Total Praise but what about giving God Total Surrender?

I must admit giving God Total Surrender is something I am actively learning to do and become better at every day. As I begin to truly get into God’s Word and understand what I am reading, I am learning more and more how not only to surrender to God but to totally surrender to Him and His Will over my Life.

I strongly believe that we all ask the question, “How do we completely surrender to God and give Him ALL control”?  and I know that answer is different for everyone. For me, when I realized that by not totally surrendering to God I was putting a wedge in the growth of our relationship (God and myself), that’s when I desired to do better. When I knew that I wanted my walk with God to align with my talk and testimony of who God is, I knew I had more Spiritual growing to do. My personal prayers changed. I began to pray to God and ask Him to help me begin to totally surrender to Him. I stopped asking for material things, or things I felt would fix my current situation. Instead, I asked God to prepare me for what He has for me. Ultimately I asked for what I truly needed, Him.  I began letting go of my preconceived notions about how I thought my life should go, or what I thought I should do with it, and that is when God revealed to me,

“for my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord” ~Isaiah 55:5 (KJV).

This opened  and elevated my Spiritual eyes to another level of God’s Power and Sovereignty. It made me realized that no matter how hard I tried to “figure” my life out or even “figure” God out, I wouldn’t be able to because God is all knowing. Of course His thoughts are far deeper, truthful, and alive than mine, and I am content with that. I am content with that because I know, trust, and believe in His Power and in His Righteousness. I believe that,

“my God will supply all my needs according to His riches in Glory by Christ Jesus” ~Philippians 4:19 (KJV)

So why not totally Surrender to God?

When I was finally honest and admitted to myself that I don’t have it all together, even on my best days, that’s when totally surrendering made complete sense. I had nothing else to lose but so much to gain.

I realized that when I gave my life to Christ my will had to become His Will for my life. When I truly realized I couldn’t just add God to my life as if I were adding another variable to the equation that He is the only variable in the equation, my thoughts began to change. My addition of God transformed into my submission to God. I let go of my expectations and began focusing on what God requires of me.  Again, I want to say this is something that I am actively doing every day, I am not perfect or do not claim to be perfect in any way, shape, or form. I have my moments when I relapse and backslide, when I want to take control, when I become impatient, when I may question God. However, when I refocus on God and what I know to be true about Him, He convicts me and reminds me that if He did it before He will do it again, I then repent and re-adjust my thinking.