DCLM Sincere Milk 14 August 2023 — Surrender To God
DCLM Sincere Milk 14 August 2023 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — Surrender To God
Topic: Surrender To God
Text: Matthew 11:28-30
28Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
29Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
30For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
Key Verse: “Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me;” Matthew 11:29a
Message
Francis was given a pack of biscuits by his dad. He liked the biscuits so much. He held on to them and refused to give them to his dad who wanted to help him keep them. The biscuits dropped from his had when he slept off, and were eaten up by rats. Sadly, he lost the biscuits to rats because he refused to give the control of the biscuits to his loving dad.
Surrendering to God is to give up the control of your life to God. God wants you to surrender everything to Him, beginning with your heart. This happens in a moment of time when you turn away from sin and then accept Jesus as your Saviour and Lord. After this, there is the daily, moment-by-moment giving up of your desires and will for God’s will and desires. For example, you might want to eat all of your snacks, but God wants you to share them with your classmate who does not have.
The prodigal son in Luke 15 left his father’s care and control for suffering and hunger. He possibly thought that life would be better for him without his father’s control. Thank God, he realized his foolishness and went back to his father in repentance and surrendered to his father’s control, love and care. Have you surrendered your life to God?
Further Reading: Luke 15:11-32
Prayer for today: Dear God, I surrender my life to You now. Forgive me and reign in my life.
1. Admit that you are a sinner. "For all [humans] have sinned, and comes short of the glory of God....[and] the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord" (Romans 3:23)
2. Repent now. "Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out ...[for] if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness " (Acts 3:19, 1 John 1:9)
3. Believe that God loves you and Jesus died for you. "God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet Sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8)
4. Invite Jesus into your life through prayer of faith. Jesus says, "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me" (Revelation 3:20)
