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 four in August) but along with all of the fun, he can also throw 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 enjoyed pizza at a family night event at our church.  While trying to help him position the slice of pizza so he could eat it without making too much of a mess, the slice of pizza started to tear away from the crust. Elijah refused to eat the pizza and started to become upset and kept saying the “pizza 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!