Surrender
Mick Jagger sang, You can’t always get what you want but if
you try sometimes you get what you need.
Do you embrace the
blessing of total defeat? Some of you may think, “What’s to embrace? How is
that a blessing? I lost.” What is there
to gain by accepting defeat? IF I surrender to a particular situation that I
have no control over, I have found that the reason why is revealed in time. Not
in my time but in God’s time as I understand him. It’s only at that point do I
understand why something has happened and the pieces fit together like a jig
saw puzzle. At that point and only at that point am I given free release from
the bondage of self.
Have you ever had a bad night and said, “I need to quit
______.” Only to say a few hours or the next day later,
“well it really wasn’t that bad.” I’m befuddled by human nature’s desire to not
just get beat but to be beaten to a pulp before we become willing to change. What
I have found is anytime that I want something; I get exactly what I need if I
surrender my will. It may not be anything close to what I was looking for but I
always get what I need. That’s the blessing. Doing something that I don’t want
to do and be rewarded with something completely cool from left field. Are you
blessed today?
