What fortune lies beyond the stars
Those dazzling heights too vast to climb
I got so high to fall so far
But I found heaven as love swept low
My heart beating, my soul breathing
I found my life when I laid it down
Upward falling, spirit soaring
I touch the sky when my knees hit the ground
What treasure waits within Your scars
This gift of freedom gold can’t buy
I bought the world and sold my heart
You traded heaven to have me again
Find me here at Your feet again
Everything I am, reaching out, I surrender
Come sweep me up in Your love again
And my soul will dance
On the wings of forever
Hillsong United
written by Joel Houston, Dylan Thomas, Michael Guy Chislett
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In life there are lessons to numerous to count. In our Christian walk, these lessons seem to multiply. Sermons are preached, books are written, songs are created to help us discover and learn and re-learn these lessons. One of these lessons that is so prominent in my life is surrender. Whether I have lost my car keys and I hear the soft whisper of surrender, ‘Stop looking’…at that moment I pray for God’s guidance to help find them. Or whether I am dealing with a family crisis and God says ‘Surrender, give it to Me’. Big or small, this message of surrender surrounds our lives.
Listening to the words of this song, the idea of surrender takes on new meaning. It shows how, despite reaching certain heights in our life, we can feel so low. And how at our lowest points—when we truly make the decision to surrender—we are higher than we will ever be. “I touch the sky when my knees hit the ground”…
Surrender is not easy. Relinquishing control is not easy. But it is necessary. We can live life and go through the motions, trying to manage every aspect of our lives. But the truth is we are not designed to do that. We are not designed to carry it all…all of the time. We will not know or understand what true freedom is, or what truly living is, until we surrender to God.
Surrendering all of ourselves—our hearts, our minds, our families, our entire lives. We will find our lives when we lay them down.
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Dear Lord, let our knees hit the ground. Help us to lay our lives at Your feet. Surrender is a struggle for some…for most. But there is true beauty in surrender, in allowing You to be the center of us and giving You total control. In Jesus’ name we pray, amen.
