Surrender

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

Our sons are both growing up quickly, Elliott is 10 and Elijah is 7, but along with all of the fun and chaos, they are both capable of also throwing their share of temper tantrums at any given moment. I feel like a ‘broken record’ at times, lovingly correcting them or showing him the proper way to do things. The other evening, we were enjoying dinner together as a family on our back porch.  The boys were eating grilled chicken, but Elijah refused to eat his because he claimed that the chicken was charred and as he said "too crunchy."  If we only served junk food and sweets, Elijah would be a be the MVP of the "clean plate club" every night, but the reality is that most meals are a struggle to get him to eat at all... 

 

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!