Surrender is a daily need. If I believe that I have
completely surrendered my will to the Lord in every area, I need to look again.
Surrendering my control to His control comes when I have decided that my human attempts
are worthless. Sometimes I find myself at the bottom of my own self-constructed
well. I hear the enemy whispering “you will never get on top of this” and “you
are a failure.” “My grace is sufficient
for you,” God counters, “for my strength
is made perfect in weakness” (2 Corinthians 12:9, NIV). I will never get on
top of it in my own strength, but His strength is all I need. I will fail
without God’s power. Those whispers of the enemy are true only if I don't
surrender and allow God to make the changes in my life that need to be made.
When I am at the bottom the only way is up. I can either
keep trying to climb out of that well by myself, or I can give up and reach for
the hand God continually extends. It is in the dying to my will that He comes
and brings new life. It might be possible for me to find a way out of that well
in my own strength, but I will only end up at the bottom again. When I finally
understand that nothing I attempt will make a lasting difference—when I give up
control and allow Him to give me what I need for the daily battle, then His
power comes to overcome my weakness. Not only will I climb out of my well. I
will stay out of that well.
copyright 2017 Lynn H. Lacher
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