I Surrender

APRIL 29 2026  I Surrender

Repentance is thinking in reverse of wrong. So turn your mind around and listen to Jesus. Luke 6:24; Eze 33:11; Phil 1:21

    All we had to do to make a new start was surrender our old thinking to a new way of thinking. We could not keep on filling our mind with fear, anger, and rebellion. We finally realized nothing would change if we did. The pain would never go away if we didn't change. We finally surrendered our pride. We had nothing worth having, so we had nothing to lose. This is where most people miss God's plan for their life. They never get to the place of surrender. They never experience enough pain or discomfort in their lives to be willing to go a different direction. How pathetic to be rich in this life only. How sad to be glad only for such a short span. Earthly glory passes so quickly. Only the poor in spirit will inherit the Kingdom of God.

We had become poor in spirit. We were emotionally, physically, mentally, and spiritually bankrupt, and we were willing to admit it. This is what Jesus meant when he said "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven" (Matt 5:3). There is no new life, no new beginning, without first forsaking the old ways, habits, and ideas. Repentance is a change of heart, a renewing of the mind, a heading toward different goals, a turning around. Repentance is surrender to another master. Surrender means no more fighting, no more rebellion, no more striving.

If someone comes against us with ten thousand troops and we are only one, then it is best to surrender and ask for terms of peace. We have fought the fight alone against ten thousand, although satan was both our ally against God and the foe of our own good. We never attained the happiness or found the peace we were searching for, on our own. When we surrendered, we found God's terms of peace to be quite congenial. We had tried to change things we could never succeed in changing, but with God on our side, we found we did not have to fight anything or anyone again. We found we did not have to worry about outcomes. We found we did not have to strive to achieve our goals.

--excerpt from my book "Kingdom Reality"