In 2016 I was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, a type of cancer. This led to a journey with God through a very dark time. However, one of the lessons I learnt through this was that God was with me. He was carrying me and He was fighting for me. All I had to do was to surrender to Him.
I have now been in remission for over two years – praise God!
So this big life lesson from 2016 will always be in the back of my mind, especially when dealing with topics such as surrender.
Fairly recently God had been challenging me to surrender completely to Him – not just to give Him certain sections of my life. He wants it all!
Jesus came and died on the cross so that we might live. If He gave his all for us, then we need to respond by giving our all to Him. I need to surrender all of me – all of my will, all of my hopes, all of my dreams, all of my desires, so that He can fill me with His will, His dreams and His desires!
When we ask Jesus into our lives this is the deal we are making – to make Him LORD. He becomes the boss. He is in charge. His will, not my will be done. I need to step back and bow down in sweet surrender.
In Matthew 16:24-15 Jesus says “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it.”
We are called to die to ourselves every day so that in each day we might live for Jesus!
Watch the lyric video below. Download a free chord chart at the bottom of this page to learn the song and sing it in your church.
Sweet Surrender
CCLI Number: 7122305
VERSE 1:
I’ve counted the cost
I pick up my cross
To follow You, Jesus
To follow You, Jesus
VERSE 2:
In dying every day
Not going my own way
I follow You, Jesus
I follow You, Jesus
Chorus:
In sweet surrender
In sweet surrender
I’m letting it all go
Come and take control
Make my heart Your home, my Jesus
BRIDGE: (Repeat)
I place my crown before your throne (I will follow You, I will, I will!)
Come take this life it is your own (I will follow You, I will, I will!)
