Surrendered. When we hear that word we almost immediately think of someone - whether it be an organization, a country, a team, or an individual- giving up the fight. We say that they surrendered, they gave up, the other side won. Inevitably we think of those who surrender as weaker, as losers, as those who should have shame in the face of their superior adversary.
Yet we need to surrender our self to our Savior, don't we? And that's an amazing and wonderful thing. Surrendering to Jesus in truth makes us stronger…
Let me pause there for a moment.
Does surrendering to Jesus make US stronger?
As soon as we begin to think of ourselves again aren't we taking on something less than one who has surrendered?
When one army surrenders to another is the surrendered army stronger for it? No. In fact the goal is to weaken the other army as much as possible.
When we watch a boxing match and the white towel is thrown in the ring and the boxer surrenders, is that boxer deemed stronger for having done so? Again the goal is to weaken that boxer, his reputation is tarnished even if it is a single match he's lost. The object of surrendering as a rule is NOT to make the surrendered party stronger.
It's the same for us really, and we NEED to understand this.
It is CHRIST in us who is all things, not us. We are not made stronger, CHRIST in us is strong and through our association with Him, He is our strength.
He's our ROCK, we do not ever become the ROCK.
Deu 32:3 Because I will publish the name of the LORD: ascribe ye greatness unto our God.
Deu 32:4 He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
Psa 18:2 The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
Mat 16:13 When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?
Mat 16:14 And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.
Mat 16:15 He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?
Mat 16:16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
Mat 16:17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.
Mat 16:18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter.
And upon this ROCK I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
(THAT ROCK is NOT Peter, but JESUS CHRIST!)
Mat 21:42 Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?
Mat 7:24 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
Mat 7:25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.
1Co 3:11 For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
Psa 18:31 For who is God save the LORD? or who is a rock save our God?
1Pe 2:5 Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
1Pe 2:6 Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded.
Eph 2:19 Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;
Eph 2:20 And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;
Eph 2:21 In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:
Eph 2:22 In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.
Jesus is our FOUNDATION, Jesus is the ROCK, we are but stones upon Him, Our Foundation. We are built UPON Him, without HIM we are NOTHING.
To believe that we somehow become the rock is wrong. We have to surrender to Jesus and we surrender our self will, we surrender all that we are to Him. When we surrender to Him we ARE admitting that beyond any shadow of doubt whatsoever we are WEAK, we are not on level with Him and we will NEVER be on the same level as our Savior!
Those who surrender to Christ in the hopes of being turned into something they are not in and of themselves, will be greatly disappointed or extremely deceived. We can be born again when we surrender, and we are new creatures in CHRIST, not in spite of CHRIST. As soon as we get any idea that we have any power of our own outside of CHRIST we are no longer surrendered beings, and we have to remain FOREVER surrendered to Him.
Unlike armies, and boxers, chess players, and the hundreds and hundreds of sports and game players, who when they surrender, more often than not, look forward to a rematch so they can become conquerors OVER another, we are only ever conquerors IN CHRIST, when we remain surrendered to Him, fully, wholly surrendered to Him not keeping anything back of ourselves, not living at all under our own power but all through HIS.
Rom 8:34 Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
Rom 8:35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
Rom 8:36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
Rom 8:37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
Rom 8:38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
Rom 8:39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
We must NEVER be separate from our God, our Creator, our Redeemer! We must forever be IN HIM, comprehending He is our all and all and without Him we are nothing! NOTHING!
If we are in the LOVE of Jesus we have won the greatest gift there is EVER going to be in life- here on earth and in heaven. There is NOTHING greater than living in CHRIST JESUS with HIM as our Conquering KING!
We would be YOURS Lord Jesus, wholly and solely YOURS and no other's, not even our own, especially not our own. We desire to live in YOU as YOURS, and YOU in US! Please LORD, help us to surrender ourselves in every way to you, not holding back at all in any thing. Knowing as we CLING to YOU we have YOUR strength to trust in always, refusing to trust in our own strength which is nothing but an illusion.
You are EVERYTHING, ALWAYS!
BY YOU!
BY YOUR LOVE!
YOUR AMAZING, AMAZING LOVE!
Yet we need to surrender our self to our Savior, don't we? And that's an amazing and wonderful thing. Surrendering to Jesus in truth makes us stronger…
Let me pause there for a moment.
Does surrendering to Jesus make US stronger?
As soon as we begin to think of ourselves again aren't we taking on something less than one who has surrendered?
When one army surrenders to another is the surrendered army stronger for it? No. In fact the goal is to weaken the other army as much as possible.
When we watch a boxing match and the white towel is thrown in the ring and the boxer surrenders, is that boxer deemed stronger for having done so? Again the goal is to weaken that boxer, his reputation is tarnished even if it is a single match he's lost. The object of surrendering as a rule is NOT to make the surrendered party stronger.
It's the same for us really, and we NEED to understand this.
It is CHRIST in us who is all things, not us. We are not made stronger, CHRIST in us is strong and through our association with Him, He is our strength.
He's our ROCK, we do not ever become the ROCK.
Deu 32:3 Because I will publish the name of the LORD: ascribe ye greatness unto our God.
Deu 32:4 He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
Psa 18:2 The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
Mat 16:13 When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?
Mat 16:14 And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.
Mat 16:15 He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?
Mat 16:16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
Mat 16:17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.
Mat 16:18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter.
And upon this ROCK I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
(THAT ROCK is NOT Peter, but JESUS CHRIST!)
Mat 21:42 Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?
Mat 7:24 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
Mat 7:25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.
1Co 3:11 For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
Psa 18:31 For who is God save the LORD? or who is a rock save our God?
1Pe 2:5 Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
1Pe 2:6 Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded.
Eph 2:19 Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;
Eph 2:20 And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;
Eph 2:21 In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:
Eph 2:22 In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.
Jesus is our FOUNDATION, Jesus is the ROCK, we are but stones upon Him, Our Foundation. We are built UPON Him, without HIM we are NOTHING.
To believe that we somehow become the rock is wrong. We have to surrender to Jesus and we surrender our self will, we surrender all that we are to Him. When we surrender to Him we ARE admitting that beyond any shadow of doubt whatsoever we are WEAK, we are not on level with Him and we will NEVER be on the same level as our Savior!
Those who surrender to Christ in the hopes of being turned into something they are not in and of themselves, will be greatly disappointed or extremely deceived. We can be born again when we surrender, and we are new creatures in CHRIST, not in spite of CHRIST. As soon as we get any idea that we have any power of our own outside of CHRIST we are no longer surrendered beings, and we have to remain FOREVER surrendered to Him.
Unlike armies, and boxers, chess players, and the hundreds and hundreds of sports and game players, who when they surrender, more often than not, look forward to a rematch so they can become conquerors OVER another, we are only ever conquerors IN CHRIST, when we remain surrendered to Him, fully, wholly surrendered to Him not keeping anything back of ourselves, not living at all under our own power but all through HIS.
Rom 8:34 Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
Rom 8:35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
Rom 8:36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
Rom 8:37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
Rom 8:38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
Rom 8:39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
We must NEVER be separate from our God, our Creator, our Redeemer! We must forever be IN HIM, comprehending He is our all and all and without Him we are nothing! NOTHING!
If we are in the LOVE of Jesus we have won the greatest gift there is EVER going to be in life- here on earth and in heaven. There is NOTHING greater than living in CHRIST JESUS with HIM as our Conquering KING!
We would be YOURS Lord Jesus, wholly and solely YOURS and no other's, not even our own, especially not our own. We desire to live in YOU as YOURS, and YOU in US! Please LORD, help us to surrender ourselves in every way to you, not holding back at all in any thing. Knowing as we CLING to YOU we have YOUR strength to trust in always, refusing to trust in our own strength which is nothing but an illusion.
You are EVERYTHING, ALWAYS!
BY YOU!
BY YOUR LOVE!
YOUR AMAZING, AMAZING LOVE!
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