SURRENDER 

(part 2) 

The Power of Surrender

Let it go and let God have his way

Romans 12:1

I beseech you, therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.

I.                   PERSONAL SOVEREIGNTY AND FREE WILL

Genesis 1:26

²⁶ Then God said, “Let Us make man in our image, according to our likeness; let them have dominion…

Like God means you are in control of you

II.                SURRENDER

1.     Concept

Romans 6:13

¹³ Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.

sur·ren·der: 1 a : to yield to the power, control, or possession of another upon compulsion or demand b : to give up completely or agree to forgo especially in favor of another 2 a : to give (oneself) up into the power of another especially as a prisoner b : to give (oneself) over to something (as an influence) intransitive senses : to give oneself up into the power of another : YIELD synonym see RELINQUISH

a.      It’s not allowing another human to dominate or take control of you

b.     It’s not weakness

c.      It’s not giving up to the enemy

James 4:7

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

d.     It’s relinquishing your rights voluntarily

III.             SURRENDER REQUESTED

1.     Because God is all and all

Isaiah 66:1-2

“Heaven is My throne, And earth is My footstool. Where is the house that you will build Me? And where is the place of My rest? ² For all those things My hand has made, And all those things exist,” Says the Lord. “But on this one will I look: On him who is poor and of a contrite spirit, And who trembles at My word.

            Matthew 11:28-30

²⁸ Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. ²⁹ Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. ³⁰ For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

2.     The Key component in surrender is trust

3.     It’s the Highest Form of Life

Matthew 16:21-25

²¹ From that time Jesus began to show to His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised the third day. ²² Then Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him, saying, “Far be it from You, Lord; this shall not happen to You!” ²³ But He turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are an offense to Me, for you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men.” ²⁴ Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. ²⁵ For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.

4.     Surrender is seed…you will reap

John 12:24-25

²⁴ Most assuredly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it produces much grain. ²⁵ He who loves his life will lose it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.

IV.             TIPS TOWARDS SURRENDER

1.     Daily Surrender

1 Corinthians 15:31

³¹ I affirm, by the boasting in you, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.

Every time you say yes to the will of God you will die.  But you die so you can rise

2.     Don’t Provide for the Flesh

Romans 13:13-14

¹³ Let us walk properly, as in the day, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in lewdness and lust, not in strife and envy. ¹⁴ But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts.

3.     Ask God to let you see things through His eyes and think His thoughts

4.     Acknowledge Him in all our ways

Proverbs 3:5-6

⁵ Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; ⁶ In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths.

5.     Consider yourself a slave of Christ

Titus 1:1

This letter is from Paul, a slave of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ. NLT

Let’s go and let God have way

Answers: trust; Surrender; Flesh; slave