For thought and meditation

[rl69]

When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put on his outer garment…and plunged into the sea. JOHN 21:7
Have you ever had a crisis in your life in which you deliberately, earnestly, and recklessly abandoned everything? It is a crisis of the will. You may come to that point many times externally, but it will amount to nothing. The true deep crisis of abandonment, or total surrender, is reached internally, not externally. The giving up of only external things may actually be an indication of your being in total bondage.
Have you deliberately committed your will to Jesus Christ? It is a transaction of the will, not of emotion; any positive emotion that results is simply a superficial blessing arising out of the transaction. If you focus your attention on the emotion, you will never make the transaction. Do not ask God what the transaction is to be, but make the determination to surrender your will regarding whatever you see, whether it is in the shallow or the deep, profound places internally.
If you have heard Jesus Christ’s voice on the waves of the sea, you can let your convictions and your consistency take care of themselves by concentrating on maintaining your intimate relationship to Him.

[Wayne Smith]

Surrender is an act of the will, and, if truly surrender, I have nothing to say about the outcome. I simply trust God to catch and carry me, set me on my feet, and walk with me.

[buckwheatpaul]

surrender does not equal being stiffed necked! Thanks for the lesson Ronnie...Paul

[Blackwater]

G. K. Chesterton once called these moments, "moments when there is nothing but God." And we've all had them, unless we've led a pretty uneventful life. When we get really serious about much of anything at all, we automatically, it seems, become more focused on God, and less so on our own will and desires. Ain't it funny how that works?