I have finished the work which Thou gavest Me to do.

     — John 17:4

Surrender is not the surrender of the external life, but of the will;
when that is done, all is done. There are very few crises in life;
the great crisis is the surrender of the will. God never crushes a
man’s will into surrender, He never beseeches him, He waits until the
man yields up his will to Him. That battle never needs to be
re-fought.

Surrender for Deliverance. “Come unto Me and I will give you rest.”
It is after we have begun to experience what salvation means that we
surrender our wills to Jesus for rest. Whatever is perplexing heart
or mind is a call to the will – “Come unto Me.” It is a voluntary
coming.

Surrender for Devotion. “If any man will come after Me, let him deny
himself.” The surrender here is of my self to Jesus, my self with His
rest at the heart of it. “If you would be My disciple, give up your
right to yourself to Me.” Then the remainder of the life is nothing
but the manifestation of this surrender. When once the surrender has
taken place we never need “suppose” anything. We do not need to care
what our circumstances are, Jesus is amply sufficient.

Surrender for Death. John 21:18-19. “. . . another shall gird thee.”
Have you learned what it means to be bound for death? Beware of a
surrender which you make to God in an ecstasy; you are apt to take it
back again. It is a question of being united with Jesus in His death
until nothing ever appeals to you that did not appeal to Him.

After surrender – what? The whole of the life after surrender is an
aspiration for unbroken communion with God.

On this day...

• Daily Confession and a Burlier Church - 2011
• Know the Truth About Carrying the Cross - 2011
• PRACTICAL ISSUE FOR THE PHILIPPIANS (PHIL 2:12-18) - 2010
• Penal Substitution - 2009
• Overcoming Fear - 2009
• Rememberance Day - November 11 - 2009
• Charles Finney - Writer - 2009
• The Call of God - 2008
• A Friend of God - 2008
• Ecclesiastes 7:8 - 2008