{"id":59721,"date":"2021-09-22T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-22T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/livingwaters.wpmudev.host\/?p=59721"},"modified":"2021-09-22T06:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-09-22T13:00:00","slug":"the-joy-of-surrender","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lwrv.org\/resources\/the-joy-of-surrender\/","title":{"rendered":"The Joy of Surrender"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><em><em>\u201cBe still and know that I am God.\u201d \u2013 Psalm 46:10<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-black-background-color has-black-color wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>Hi Church,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ve been thinking about the joy of surrender lately. It\u2019s a paradoxical phrase because in a world full of unknowns it\u2019s natural to want to grasp for control.\u00a0I long to control things at work and at home, and to make sure all the people I love are safe. But I\u2019ve been reminded that there\u2019s no joy in making something happen when God is longing to do it instead.<br><br>This week, I invite you to join me in the upside down Kingdom of God. When you find yourself grasping and holding on tightly to something, take a step back. Like Psalm 46:10 says, \u201cbe still and know that I am God\u201d. Let\u2019s give God his rightful place and allow Him to breathe on situations and circumstances that we ultimately need Him to intervene in.<br><br>Surrender isn\u2019t passive, rather it\u2019s positioning your heart to trust. So as you go about your days, exchange trying for trusting. Be still and know. He cares much more than we ever could. So surrender and watch God do something that you never could do on your own. He loves to show up for His kids\u2014we just have to make room.<br><br>\u2013 Christina<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, I invite you to join me in the upside down Kingdom of God. When you find yourself grasping and holding on tightly to something, take a step back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":543,"featured_media":59724,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":170,"footnotes":""},"categories":[141],"tags":[143,144],"class_list":["post-59721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-church-and-ministry","tag-announcements","tag-the-weekly",""],"blockli_fields":{"post_type":"","post_action":"","post_type_icon":"","background_image":""},"bb_bookmark":{"bookmark_id":0,"is_bookmarked":false,"bookmark_date":0},"app_bookmark":{"bookmark_id":0,"is_bookmarked":false,"bookmark_date":0},"comments_count":"0","content_native":[{"type":"core\/paragraph","render":"<p class=\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><em><em>\"Be still and know that I am God.\" - Psalm 46:10<\/em><\/em><\/p>","content":[{"type":"text","data":"<p class=\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><em><em>\"Be still and know that I am God.\" - Psalm 46:10<\/em><\/em><\/p>"}],"data":[],"style":{"textAlign":"left","color":"","dropCap":false,"parent_style":{}}},{"type":"core\/separator","render":"<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-black-background-color has-black-color wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\" \/>","content":null,"data":[],"style":{"layout":"default","backgroundColor":"#000000","parent_style":{}}},{"type":"core\/paragraph","render":"<p>Hi Church,<\/p>","content":[{"type":"text","data":"Hi Church,"}],"data":[],"style":{"textAlign":"left","color":"","dropCap":false,"parent_style":{}}},{"type":"core\/paragraph","render":"<p>I've been thinking about the joy of surrender lately. It\u2019s a paradoxical phrase because in a world full of unknowns it\u2019s natural to want to grasp for control.&nbsp;I long to control things at work and at home, and to make sure all the people I love are safe. But I\u2019ve been reminded that there\u2019s no joy in making something happen when God is longing to do it instead.<br><br>This week, I invite you to join me in the upside down Kingdom of God. When you find yourself grasping and holding on tightly to something, take a step back. Like Psalm 46:10 says, \u201cbe still and know that I am God\u201d. Let\u2019s give God his rightful place and allow Him to breathe on situations and circumstances that we ultimately need Him to intervene in.<br><br>Surrender isn\u2019t passive, rather it\u2019s positioning your heart to trust. So as you go about your days, exchange trying for trusting. Be still and know. He cares much more than we ever could. So surrender and watch God do something that you never could do on your own. He loves to show up for His kids\u2014we just have to make room.<br><br>- Christina<\/p>","content":[{"type":"text","data":"I've been thinking about the joy of surrender lately. It\u2019s a paradoxical phrase because in a world full of unknowns it\u2019s natural to want to grasp for control.&nbsp;I long to control things at work and at home, and to make sure all the people I love are safe. But I\u2019ve been reminded that there\u2019s no joy in making something happen when God is longing to do it instead.<br><br>This week, I invite you to join me in the upside down Kingdom of God. When you find yourself grasping and holding on tightly to something, take a step back. Like Psalm 46:10 says, \u201cbe still and know that I am God\u201d. Let\u2019s give God his rightful place and allow Him to breathe on situations and circumstances that we ultimately need Him to intervene in.<br><br>Surrender isn\u2019t passive, rather it\u2019s positioning your heart to trust. So as you go about your days, exchange trying for trusting. Be still and know. He cares much more than we ever could. So surrender and watch God do something that you never could do on your own. 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