{"id":945,"date":"2020-09-28T16:01:47","date_gmt":"2020-09-28T14:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glendawarburton.com\/?p=945"},"modified":"2022-09-27T16:34:40","modified_gmt":"2022-09-27T14:34:40","slug":"surrender","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glendawarburton.com\/?p=945","title":{"rendered":"Surrender"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Another crisis, another upheaval I have no idea how to deal with. A friend sent a link this morning and as the powerful words of <strong><em>I Surrender<\/em><\/strong> by Hillsong wash over me, I fall to my knees, my arms spread wide. I don\u2019t know what to do, Lord. What to say, how best to say whatever needs to be said. Because I do have to say something.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n <iframe title=\"I Surrender - Hillsong Worship\" width=\"1220\" height=\"686\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s7jXASBWwwI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>\u201c<\/em>Like a rushing Wind, Jesus breathe within, Lord, have Your way, have Your way in me\u2026 \u201c<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m flagging, but God says: \u2018In your weakness I will make you strong.\u2019 I feel the reverence of the Lord, the need to bow low as an act of submission brings me to my knees. I seek to make Him Lord of all, because it is only in that Lordship and surrender that I can re-discover my first love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cHere I am down on my knees again, surrendering all, surrendering all\u2026\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>As I kneel at the foot of the cross, my face wet with tears, singing familiar words, I feel peace encroach. The atmosphere is gentle. I see myself among the rocks, the shadow of the cross over me. I sense a presence, a quiet comfort. Jesus is gentle but unyielding as He asks, not for more of me, but for all of me. If I can get there, get to that place of total and undistracted communion I sense I will find the peace, assurance and thus the confidence to meet whatever challenges await.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cDrench&nbsp; My soul as mercy and grace unfold, I hunger and thirst, I hunger and thirst, with arms stretched wide I know you hear my cry, speak to me now\u2026\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Surrender is not simply a giving up of my life, but offering all the strands that make up who I am. My fears, my likes, my dislikes, my anger, my need to defend, to justify, all of it, until all that remains is the love with which He fills me, the love that I must appropriate in order to share it, unconditionally with those around me, no matter the hurt of thoughtless action, the anger at unreasonable behaviour, or simple irritation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cI surrender, I want to know You more\u2026I\u2019m desperate, for You<em>\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The flow of tears slow, the ache recedes, as He breathes His light within, exchanging the weight of my burden for the easy yoke of His concern, His care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>\u201c <\/em>Like a mighty storm stir within my soul, Lord, have Your way \u2026 <em>\u201c<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>I can do this. I can get through this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cI know You hear my cry, speak to me now..\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>https:\/\/glendawarburton.com\/2020\/02\/04\/there-is-one\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another crisis, another upheaval I have no idea how to deal with. 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