Proverbs 3:21-24
My son, do not let wisdom and understanding out of your sight. Preserve sound judgement and discretion, they will be life for you; an ornament to grace your neck. Then you will go on your way to safety and your foot will not stumble. When you lie down you will not be afraid; when you lie down your sleep will be sweet.
The above verse has nothing to do with what I am going to be writing....today's sermon was on surrender. Well, there was a lot of other things that were talked about but that was the main thing that stood out to me. In order to walk in the Spirit, which means to be completely controlled by the Holy Spirit, you must be completely surrendered. Why are we not jumping at the chance to let Him have our life? It is because of our pride and selfishness. We are too independent for our own good. We must let God work and take our hands off !! Surrender is not only half way-it must be ALL the way. Complete surrender. By the way-it is difficult. But, just as a righteous man falls seven times and still gets up again- so must we. It is a battle of fighting for surrender and striving to be obedient. A white flag comes to mind when I think of surrender. In a battle the white flag is raised, and if you think about it surrender also involves trust. The person raising their white flag has to have some trust that the other side will not take them out when they face them. They must trust their lives to that other person. It is also a humbling thing. Just think about it- you have been fighting this battle that you thought you could win. When you are faced with reality that you are not going to win and you must surrender, that is where the humbling part comes in.
So, this is what it boils down to. In order to walk in the Spirit you must surrender. In order to surrender you must have trust and be humble.
