What does it mean to "SURRENDER" to GOD?

Surrender

= yielding ownership, to relinquish control over what we consider ours: our property, time and our "rights";

= acknowledging that what we own belongs to God, and admitting that He is ultimately in control of everything, including our present circumstances;

= letting go of whatever has been holding us back from God's best for our lives, and whatever has kept us from wanting God's ways first.

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As much as we always tell God to take control over our lives, our God also wants to give us CONTROL.

Genesis 2:15-17
15 The LORD God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. 16 And the LORD God commanded the man, "You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; 17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die."

God gave Adam the responsibility for the garden and told him not to eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. One may wonder, if God didn't want Adam to eat from that tree, why didn't He remove it from the garden altogether? Rather than physically preventing him from eating the fruit, God gave Adam a choice, and thus the possibility of choosing wrongly. God gives us these choices, and we may choose wrongly. Wrong choices cause pain, but they can help us learn and grow, and make better choices in the future. Living with the consequences of our choices teaches us to think and choose more carefully. God gave Adam the freedom to choose. Without choice, obedience would be hollow. Therefore, when we are faced with choices, always choose to obey God first (Adapted from Life Application Bible, NIV version, pg 8).

• God gives us the control.
• Take it and exercise it according to His word.
• Don't lose control to external circumstances--peer pressure, societal trends, family expectations, sinful desires, etc.
• Accept that control God has given you, fix your eyes on His will for you, and decide to honour Him with it through your actions, words, and thoughts.