TPDL Day #10 - The Heart of Worship

The heart of worship is surrender. Surrender is a hard concept to wrap our arms around. We are taught and believe that surrender means to lose or give up. Our culture reinforces in us the concept that losing is not an option. No one wants to be a loser. We try to teach our children that everyone is a winner. Never give up or quit until you have accomplished your goal.

The Webster dictionary meaning of surrender is "to yield to the power, control, or possession of another upon compulsion or demand."

I would recommend that you see Mel Gibson’s movie, "The Passion of The Christ." This movie exemplifies the heart of surrender. Throughout all of the brutality of the movie, Jesus never raised his voice or hand in retaliation. I did not hear anyone in the audience yell out, "Fight back, you coward." Yet, how many times do we hear a story or see someone taking a beating, and think or say why do they not fight back (stand up for themselves).

Jesus got it! Dying on the cross was not what Jesus wanted to do. Look at his struggles in the garden. However, he trusted that God had a plan and purpose for this and he surrendered to God’s power and control.

We must surrender (yield to His power) our possessions, decisions, goals, and lives to God. We must realize that God can handle them better than we can. Realizing this truth is not enough. We have to let Him handle it by turning it over (surrendering) to him.

We need to allow God into the kitchen to prepare the meal of our life. We cannot be looking over his shoulder and commenting on the fact that he is not following our recipe while preparing the meal. We must give him free reign of the kitchen and just come to the table ready to eat.

If you yield to God’s power and control daily, I promise that you will be amazed at what He cooks up.