Surrender

God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.  Therefore submit to God.  James 4: 6-7

Our youngest son, Elijah, is at a fun age (he’ll be three in August) but also throws his share of temper tantrums as well.  I feel like a ‘broken record’ at times, lovingly correcting him or showing him the proper way to do things.  The other night, we went out for dinner an Elijah ordered a hamburger.  When Alicia removed the bun from the hamburger meat to apply some ketchup, Elijah became inconsolable because he thought the “hamburger was broken!”

The same principle holds true in our relationship with the Holy Spirit.  If a drowning man thinks he can help himself, he becomes dangerous to anyone who attempts to rescue him.  Until we surrender to God and give him full authority to reign supreme in our lives, we are not in any position to be helped either.  We may not realize it, but when we aren't following his lead, we are listening to ourselves and being disobedient.

To truly follow God, we must make his will our own and it starts by surrendering our own will!