Surrender (Daily Devotional)

Welcome friends, I really hope you are enjoying this teaching on changing to grow. Today, we will look at the last position or the state of mind that we have to maintain in order to grow in God, which is to surrender, to simply surrender. In our journey, there will be times when we don't understand why certain things happened, when we don't understand why answers never came or why we got connected to a certain person or why things didn't work out, but when we have all these questions, we have to move from just living our lives in a place of our intellect and understanding to a place of trust. There's an oft repeated and familiar passage from Proverbs chapter three, verses five and six, it says, ‘Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways, acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.’ For us to grow in God, there will be seasons, there will be moments when we cannot make sense of what just happened. We are unable to wrap our minds around the theology of something that we have been through, but in these moments, all we have to do is to trust in the Lord. Peace that passes all understanding, beyond our understanding, trusting in the nature of God, trusting in the goodness of God, trusting in the faithfulness of God, trusting in the wisdom of God, trusting in the plans and the purposes of God, we keep moving forward. There are many people who grow well in God, but when they experience challenges, when they experience disappointments, when they experience discouragement, they come to a place where there is a question, does God really love me? Has this thing that has happened separated me from the love of God? The word of God is very clear, nothing, nothing shall separate us from the love of God and all things work together for good to those who love the Lord. So, friends, no matter what we have been through in our lives, keep growing. Don't let the incident that you cannot understand, stop you from moving forward in God. God is a God who renews our strength, they that wait upon the Lord shall mount up with wings as eagles, they shall run and not grow weary, they shall walk, and they will not faint. God is a God who renews our strength and I pray today that you will experience the renewal of your strength and you will keep running and sprinting forward with God, Let's pray together, Heavenly Father, we thank you that you are a good God, and even at times when we cannot understand why we are in a place of discouragement in our lives, we choose to yield to you. We surrender all things; we trust in you. Lord, continue to lead us and continue to bring us to our high hills, in Jesus’s name we pray, Amen.

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