I Surrender All. Part [2] 02/24/2026 (Morning thought)

2nd Kings 24: 10 At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged. 11 And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and his servants did besiege it.

After Simpson arrived at his home there was a long standoff between himself and the cops, then, after he realized that he was boxed in, and there was no way of escape, he finally surrendered between 8:45 and 9:00 pm on June 17 1994 and he was taken into custody. Again, the Confederate General Robert E. Lee saw fit to surrender the Army of Northern Virginia to Union General Ulysses S. Grant on April 9, 1865.

This then brought the civil war in Virginia to an end, because General Robert Lee and his men saw that they were outnumbered and cornered. Thus, according to the characteristics of history, in most cases, surrender comes after confrontation or to avoid a confrontation. Also, the Scriptural records detail examples of surrender, when on occasions nations surrendered to other nations, when there was no other viable way out.

In some instances, those vulnerable nations or cities were besieged, their food supply was cut off, and if there was absolutely no way out and they remained hedged in on all sides for a while, then they would surrender to the invaders, as is manifested in the following example.

2nd Kings 24:12 And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers: and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign.

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

I Surrender All. Part [1] 02/24/2026 (Evening thought)

James 4:6 But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.

The title to the Bible study is lifted from a song that we often sing, I surrender all, and even though we have sung it on numerous occasions, the time has come for us to take a deeper look at what surrender really means. Here is the meaning of the word: Sur·ren·der: To cease resistance to an enemy or an opponent and submit to their authority. According to the historical records surrender usually occurs because of some form of confrontation, or to avoid some confrontation.

On the sixth, August 1945, at 8:15 am local time, the United States detonated an atomic bomb over the city of Hiroshima. Several hours later, Harry S. Truman again called for Japan's surrender, warning them to "expect a rain of ruin from the air, the like of which has never been seen on this earth." On August 9, 1945, the United States dropped the second atomic bomb on the city of Nagasaki.

And then on August 15, 1945, Emperor Hirohito gave a recorded radio address across the Empire of Japan announcing the surrender of Japan to the Allies. Again, O.J Simpson led the police on the wild 90- minute chase through L.A county as he tried to flee. There were news helicopters flying everywhere with the authorities in hot pursuit as they tried to get the runaway white Bronco, with its passengers to stop.

James 4:7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

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