How To Live In Surrender Mode. Part [10] 05/13/2025 (Morning thought)

Matthew 5:38 You have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: 39 But I say unto you, that you resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.

This does not mean that you must spread your body as a carpet for persons to walk over. What it means is that living in surrender mode will move us to do as Jesus would do, so that instead of escalating the conflict, we will track a different course by seeking to soothe frayed nerves.

In the Garden of Gethsemane, as the mob was now approaching Jesus to arrest Him, a familiar ploy of devils unfolded, in that the mob was being moved upon by devils and those like Peter who were trying to protect Jesus were being moved upon by devils. Both were doing satan’s will even though they might seem to have been operating on opposite ends of the spectrum. It is worthy of note, that after Peter was truly converted, he was never recorded in the Bible as ever carrying a sword again.

After the day of Pentecost he was beaten with many stripes, he was jailed on more than one occasion, he came face to face with conflicts, and oppositions by which his rights were trampled upon, but through it all, he never carried or used his sword anymore, in self-defense.

Matthew 5:40 And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also. 41 And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.

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

How To Live In Surrender Mode. Part [9] 05/13/2025 (Evening thought)

Matthew 5:25 Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.

Instead of tracking a belligerent course using tit for tat ways and means, the Christian must do as Jesus would do and defer his/her actions and decisions to God by saying: “Not my will but thy will be done. Speaking of “The Officer” this past week, I was on the Palmetto Expressway, turning onto 67th Ave and when the traffic light turned green, I observed that the driver of an SUV was driving aggressively, and he almost hit another driver in a Lexus.

The other driver didn’t take kindly to the bad drive and he immediately tried to force his way into the SUV, as he pulled suddenly in front of the first driver and slammed on his brakes. I’m there in my truck thinking that they are probably living in survival mode, for neither seemed willing to give an inch.

As I kept observing the escalation, the driver in the SUV turned on his red and blue lights and demanded that the driver in the Lexus stop. The rest is history, for the driver in the SUV was a cop. In surrender mode, the Christian facing similar situations would defer to God’s methods of dealing with aggravations and would extend an olive branch by not retaliating in the same currency.

Matthew 5;Matthew 5: 20 For I say unto you, that except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.

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