How To Live In Surrender Mode. Part [2] 05/09/2025 (Morning thought)

Genesis 17: 9 And God said unto Abraham, you shall keep my covenant therefore, you, and thy seed after thee in their generations. 10 This is my covenant which you shall keep between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every male child among you shall be circumcised.

We often see this question posted on cars: “What would Jesus do”. The answer is that Jesus would do this, He would defer His preferences, and decisions in any matter to the Father, so that God’s will would always take precedence in any given situation. As Christians, we also would have to learn the very difficult lesson of giving God the last word, in every situation, so that His will, and not ours will have the preeminence.

This is not something that is so easily accomplished, because in most cases, it will take lots of pulling and tugging, a lot of back and forth, before folks finally decide to let go and let God. But if we are to survive prime time, this condition must be reached, not my will but thy will.

Obeying God is not always a bed of roses, for there are times when He may instruct us to do things that may not jive with our desires or preferences. To put it plainly, it is hard to imagine, that Abraham would be jumping for joy at the prospect of having to be circumcised at 99 years of age.

Genesis 17:11 And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you. 24 And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!

How To Live In Surrender Mode. Part [1] 05/09/2025 (Evening thought)

Matthew 26: 39 And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: never-the-less not as I will, but as thou wilt.

Living in surrender mode has to do with adopting the mode of thought and action that is willing to be led by God in all things, whether we may have our own ideas or not. Having our own ideas isn’t a bad thing, for it is incidental to the gift of intelligence given to us by God. However, human intelligence exercised without God or when used without His direction will lead persons to do and say things that are contradictory to God.

It is because of that humanistic tendency, to exercise our intelligence outside of the context of God’s will, why the worldly-wise make so many blunders. The person who is truly humble and wise will allow his or her intelligence to be guided by God, and His word, for in so doing, the likelihood of doing satan’s bidding inadvertently, will drop exponentially. In our first passage, the gold standard is set before us in the Person of Christ who had His own personal preference as it pertains to Calvary.

But it becomes clear that His decisions would be guided by The Father’s revealed will, and not His own. In other words, when Jesus utters those words: “Not My will, but Thy will” He is there showing us in real time that there will be instances in our experiences where we will prefer to take another route. But, if it will conflict with God’s revealed will, the Christian is to defer to God’s wisdom in the matter.

Matthew 26:42 He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done. 44 And he left them, and went away again, and prayed the third time, saying the same words.

May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!