To Experience Victory, We Need to Surrender (Galatians 2:20)

The final of four steps in conquering spiritual ADD

I’ve heard people say: “I’ve grasped how to become a Christian, but I’m having a hard time being a Christian. It’s not working for me. It seems impossible to live the Christian life.” That’s right. It is impossible to do it alone, by our own power. Only Jesus does a good job living the Christian life. After all, it is his life.

For the last three weeks we’ve been talking about how to really connect with God. So far we’ve considered some upper-division disciplines like silence, solitude, and slowing down. I’ve got one more to for you and it is the ultimate spiritual discipline: surrender. To surrender is to yield completely to God. It is making yourself so available to him that he lives his life through you. Surrendering to God means relinquishing your will to his.

There are many verses about giving ourselves completely to Jesus, but my favorite is Gal. 2:20 – “I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.” This is a wonderful verse and I plan to present it with all I’ve got this weekend. I hope you will join us in worship.