Remember Surrender

I am getting ready for Bible Study this morning and listening to Sara Groves - a favorite artist of mine. The song Remember Surrender touched my heart. I am a first born, Type A, person who wants to always be in control. And I have to day by day, minute by minute turn that control over to the Lord Jesus - I am not in control. He is. Last night I was studying Colossians and read the following which looks at the Supremacy of Christ:

The Supremacy of Christ Colossians 1:15-23

¹⁵He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. ¹⁶For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. ¹⁷He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. ¹⁸And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy. ¹⁹For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, ²⁰and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross.

Everything is created by Christ and for Christ. He is in control. I am not. It is my job to surrender my own desire for control - to acknowledge that it is His and His alone. I pray this song touches your heart today and that God's Word is permeating your thoughts as you are reminded to surrender to the Lord today - He is good and faithful.
I am praying for you and your baby today.

Dear God,

Thank you for your Word. Thank you that you only ask me to surrender my will, my control to you. That You see the big picture - I only see a tiny piece of this great puzzle of my life. And You have a beautiful picture for my life. I praise You for that. I know God that You have a great plan for the life of my baby, also. Please grow this precious life today. Help me to find joy in today. Help me to surrender my anxious thought to You - knowing You are in control. Help me to surrender to You today and to find joy in You today. Thank you God for Jesus' anchored hope that He secured on the cross for me - thank You for His mighty resurrection. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

Remember Surrender - Sara Groves

Remember Surrender

By Sara Groves

Remember surrender
Remember the rest
Remember that weight lifting off of your chest
And realizing that it's not up to you and it never was

Remember surrender
Remember relief
Remember how tears rolled down both of your cheeks
As the warmth of a heavenly father came closing in

I want to do that again
Why can't I live there
And make my home
In sweet surrender
I want to do so much more than remember

Remember surrender
Remember peace
Remember how soundly you fell fast asleep
In the face of your troubles your future still shone like the morning sun

Remember surrender
Remember that sound
Of all of those voices inside dying down
But one who speaks clearly of helping and healing you deep within

I want to do that again
Why can't I live there
And make my home
In sweet surrender
I want to do so much more than remember
Remember
Oh surrender