“I have heard you,” replied
Jeremiah the prophet. “I will certainly pray to the Lord your God as you have requested; I will tell you everything the Lord says and will keep nothing back from you.”
Then they said to Jeremiah, “May the Lord be a true and faithful witness against us if we do not act in
accordance with everything the Lord your God sends you to tell us. Whether it is favorable or
unfavorable, we will obey the Lord our God, to whom we are sending you, so that it will go well with
us, for we will obey the Lord our God.” Jeremiah 42:4-6
This is a tough
place to get to for most people.
Complete surrender to God and a complete resignation of your will is
difficult.
For the
Israelites during the time of Jeremiah, they got to that point after constant
setbacks and hardships. Over and over
they faced attacks and invasions from the enemy because of their disobedience
and thinking “they knew best.”
Eventually surrender came after relentless beatings. However, even after this surrender, they
continued to sin.
Complete
surrender happens when you realize two things:
1.
The will of God will be done no matter what you say.
2.
Your will always fails if it opposes God’s.
Once you acknowledge that and give in to God’s will,
you will see victory because HIS will is being done. We have to be willing to follow God’s will
whether its favorable or unfavorable, whether it “makes sense” or it doesn’t
make sense, whether it's for our good or not.
God’s will happens anyway. Give in, surrender, step aside and enjoy the
mysterious, befuddling, crazy, wonderful victories of God.