Surrender is an important aspect of our relationship with God.

Surrender goes beyond acknowledging the reality that we each belong to God. Surrender is more than submitting to God’s will.

But there are subtle, yet critical, differences between submission and surrender.

Submission is something we can do, something we can control. In surrender, we make the conscious choice to let go of that control, but the actual act of surrender is something only God can do. In that way, it is gift from God to us.

When we submit, we give in; the focus is on ourselves. When we surrender, we give up, putting the focus where it belongs: on God.

But it isn’t giving up in the way we normally define it. The action is more like “giving over.”

In one phrase: Let go and let God.

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