Waving the White Flag of Surrender

I look at surrender to God in 2 ways:  

1) It is the beautiful act of giving myself up to my loving Father; yielding fully to Him because I know His love, and His will, for me is perfect.  So, why would I not fully surrender to God and His Son Jesus?  

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2) Surrender to God is more like the first definition you find for surrender on Google (or, if you are old school, in the dictionary): to surrender is to "cease resistance to an enemy or opponent and submit to their authority."  I think about that scene in An Officer and a Gentlemen when Richard Gere’s commanding offer (Louis Gossett Jr.) wants him to quit (he wants his D.O.R. - Drop On Request) but Gere refuses and says, “I Got Nowhere Else to Go!”.  I can really relate to this as often it seems that I continue to try to live my life my way.  I might even have good intentions (serve others, etc.) but I control what surrender looks like (yes, I know that is not really surrender).  In the end, it does not work and I realize that yielding to Jesus is the only way.  

However you might come to this place, the beautiful truth is a surrendered life is available to you.  It can be the point in time in your life when you decide to submit to God and follow Him wholeheartedly.  And I hope something you read here might encourage you on your journey.