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You brought me this far so why would I question You now
You have provided so why would I start to doubt
I’ve never been stranded, abandoned or left here to fight alone
So I’m giving You control
I lift my life, lift my life up I give it all in surrender
I lift my heart, lift my heart up You can have it forever
All my dreams, all my plans, Lord, I leave it in your hands
I lift my life, lift my life up have Your way in me
If peace is a river then let it sweep over me
I’m under fire I know it’s refining me
When I hear You calling out I follow now wherever the road may go
I know You’re leading me home
Take my life and let it be all for You
Take my life and let it be all for You
I lift my life, lift my life up I give it all in surrender
I lift my heart, lift my heart up You can have it forever
All my dreams, all my plans, Lord, I leave it in your hands
I lift my life, lift my life up have Your way in me
Have Your way with me…have Your way with me
Take my life and let it be all for You
Performed by Unspoken /
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Surrender—that’s the word that has been on my heart the past few days. What does it mean to surrender?
The definition of surrender is to give up control of something. There are many things God has been showing me that I have not surrendered…to Him. When I don’t surrender I am choosing to take control of the situation in my own strength instead of allowing Him to take control. When I surrender to God completely I am trusting Him in my situation. He is ALWAYS Faithful in every circumstance and every situation.
Why is it so hard for us to surrender? I know the hardest thing for me are my boys! And yet God entrusted me—a woman with a checkered past, saved by Grace—with these precious gifts. I know that I don’t deserve it. But isn’t that just like God…to give you another chance to do it well? And to do it well is my heart’s desire. So when I choose to not surrender or hang on to the precious gifts I have been given such as my boys, it is as if I am saying I do not trust the Giver of the gift.
So what is it you are hanging onto?? What is it that you need to surrender to Him—the Giver of the gift—and give Him complete control over? When we choose to surrender our hearts to Him we are showing Him that we trust Him.
In Job 11:13-15 it says,
Surrender your heart to God,
turn to Him in prayer,
and give up your sins—
even those you do in secret.
Then you won’t be ashamed;
you will be confident
and fearless.
I love the last part of that verse…”then you WILL be Confident and Fearless.” That is who I want to be: a woman who lives her life in surrender who lives Confident and Fearless. Will you join me and surrender all?
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Father, my prayer this day for myself and any woman reading this is that we will choose to live a life in surrender and leave it ALL in Your hands. All our dreams, all our hopes, all our plans! Lord, I leave it in Your hands. Father, “take my life and let it be ALL for you!” In Jesus name, AMEN!!!
