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“No Retreat, No Surrender” as the world views it!

“No retreat, no surrender”. Is it a good or bad thing in a Christian walk? It is a good thing not to retreat and give up the good fight of faith. But it is a bad thing if we don’t surrender to Jesus. Surrender means giving up ourselves to God and giving into His will. But as the worldviews, it is not a good thing to surrender because we lose control over the things we want. However, we have limits and cannot know what tomorrow brings. “Do not boast about tomorrow, For you do not know what a day may bring forth.” Proverbs 27:1, NKJV.

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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. For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.” Matthew 16:24-25, NKJV.

What surrender means to you? Does it scare you or feel you are a wimpy person? I think it’s an overused term in Christian journey. Yet, only few people truly know what does it means. Yes! I had moments of struggling with this, but over time, the Lord helped me to overcome this struggle. But it was not an overnight change, just like any other area of struggles in my journey of faith with the Lord.

I think people are afraid to surrender because it releases our control from what we want. It terrified us as we lose control over the things of what our goals and plans in life. Eventually, it’s the other way around, that we are all have limitations. There are certain things and situation that we don’t have control over it.

Many years ago, my mother was so sick and she was in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) for weeks, almost dying. I shared this testimony for a few times already. This is the moment that God challenged me with the obedience to surrender. I lived miles away from my family and nothing was too difficult with bad news that my mother was so sick. I have not seen my mother for over 9 years. And the least a daughter could ask for is to see her mother after many years. But how could it be? She might die in the hospital without seeing her. It was a struggle to think the positive out of it, fighting for hope. But negative thoughts kicked in and worried about the situation.

The only thing I could hold on to a family is my church family while I was away with my immediate loved ones. They kept my mother in their prayers. It was a long, agonizing journey among us in the family. Then, the Lord led me on how to surrender my mother’s situation. One night, I did a heartfelt prayer about her. I surrendered everything to Jesus in prayer. I fervently prayed this, “Lord, if it is Your will that You will take Nanay (mom), and if she’s ready spiritually, then Thy will be done. I will accept it even though it’s so painful for me because I still want to see her after over 9 years. But Lord, if Nanay (mom) is not ready yet spiritually and not Your will to take her yet, Thy will be done as well. You know Nanay’s (mom) heart. I fully accept and surrender the pain of not seeing her. I’m done. I don’t want to hold my fears anymore. You are God who gives and takes away.”

Weeks went by into months. She was still in the hospital fighting for her life. But my heart was ready to accept what would be the worst thing to happen with my mom. I trusted God. Prayers did not stop to pour out. God is a way maker and miracle worker. My mom was out in the hospital and lived. And year 2014, God answered me. A prayer that my mom was ready to come home to her Saviour. She did not die in the Intensive Care Unit, but in our house. Before she died, my son and I went home and spent time with her. When we were about to leave for our flight, she told me, “I think this will be the last time that I would see you.” And accurate enough, after that I saw her again at her funeral. But I was at peace because I knew she was ready.

These are merely of many circumstances and things that we don’t have any control. But God does. God doesn’t want us to get tired and stressed out of worrying over the things that we cannot do anything. The reason He commanded us to surrender everything to Him (1 Peter 5:7). His love cares about our feelings and well-being. We cannot have the peace that we need if we don’t learn and know how to trust Him. He did not promise to give us everything what we want, but He did promise to give us the peace, joy, and strength. As He is with us, just surrender yourself to Him. Let Him lead us and we follow.

Just like mine, I did not have control over my mother’s sickness. I could not even sit beside her and comforted her. I should have done more than that but I wouldn’t because of my situation as well, which I could not do more. Have you been in this kind of situation? What do you do? Rather, what did you do to ease the pain and worries you had? When you surrender to God, it means you put your wholehearted trust in Him. There must be no wavering despite of the outcome. Surrender means letting go of your will and accepting God’s will with brimming trust. And no turning back when fears drive you to doubt again.

When you surrender to God, it means you put your wholehearted trust in Him. There must be no wavering despite of the outcome. @IrishGambito Tweet

“Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.” Proverbs 3:5-6, NKJV.

What keeps you to surrender everything to God? Is it a lack of trust? Fears? Likely, lack of intimacy with Jesus. Perhaps, unrenewed mind. These boils down to disobedience. The Scriptures commanded us to trust God (Proverbs 3:5-6). Several times, God tells us not to be afraid (Isaiah 41:10, Joshua 1:9). And in Joshua 1:8, to meditate God’s Words (Scripture) day and night, also in John 15:4, we must abide to God and He will abide in us. We cannot know a person personally if we don’t spend time with that person to know him or her better, just like our intimate relationship with Jesus. We cannot trust a person whom we don’t know with confidence.

Can you trust Jesus because of what you just heard about Him from others? Or do you trust Him because you know Him personally? That you know His character and what He can do. The truth about trusting God, fears, our lack of intimacy, and unrenewed mind has been told, yet we don’t obey what the Scripture tells us to do. We cannot surrender if we have a disobedient heart and wavering mind. Surrendering seems daunting because we don’t know to whom we put our trust, isn’t it? Indeed, it is another “easier said than done”. But it is not too late to have an intentional relationship with Jesus. Salvation is here! Surrender your life to Jesus. Though it is not a simple journey but it is worth it and eternal.

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