Surrender this week

The word surrender has been a huge part of my prayers this week. What I have learned about myself is that surrender has two specific actions. It’s selfless motives in what I act on. Equally it’s selfless motives for what I am not acting on. Perhaps one of the more difficult challenges is guarding a reputation we think we should uphold. Reputation in empowered by pride and the fear of man. Pride obviously is doing things for selfish accolades and soulish significance.

Fear of man works two ways. Most see it as being afraid of what people will say of us. Then altering our behavior because of it. The second one happens especially coupled with pride. It’s the fear of man because if I don’t defend myself against critical, judgmental, and or lies being spoken about me will be believed.

As I think about the great Andrae Crouch’s song “Through it All”. Surrender is huge for so many reasons. It’s affecting my view and relationship with God. It’s affecting my heart towards my own worth and what I allow to be said of me. One things for sure it’s exhausting trying to deal with everything and everyone all the time. Ultimately I choose surrender for my own physical and mental health. It’s easier to be free from reputation, fear, and pride and just surrender, “through it all”.