Full Surrender to God

Full Surrender to God

The old saying, “Well begun is half done,” is fitting in the context of being fully surrendered to God. The beginning is a good harbinger of how matters will continue.

Generally speaking, believers expect God to fulfill their wishes, which makes sense as far as that goes, for no one can receive anything unless it is given to him from heaven. Nevertheless, they are in the wrong, because they do not understand the Scriptures that say, “Whoever of you does not forsake all that he has cannot be My disciple.” Luke 14:33.

Consequently, we have a fundamental law in God’s kingdom that can formulate as follows: Give everything to God, and you will receive everything! It is this beginning that grants the believer or the disciple intimate fellowship with God and Jesus Christ, making it easy to continue in the way.

When we wake up to the fact that the Word speaks about a deeper surrender to God, it is vital to start on this way without reservation and not begin slowly, giving God a “little,” that is, what you think is suitable. With this in mind you could make up a different saying: A bad beginning makes for an uncertain end.

Jesus says, “I can of Myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is righteous, because I do not seek My own will but the will of the Father who sent Me.” John 5:19, 30.

A person is unfaithful to Christ when he continues to decide what he shall do, even after he has seen what the Word says about it. Habits exert great power over people, and it is difficult to turn away from something that you have become used to doing. At the workplace you can see the danger of starting a bad habit in many areas. The same applies to the spiritual realm: If I have started to be a little bit indifferent, I am in great danger of remaining indifferent!

Jesus says, “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field, which indeed is the least of all the seeds; but when it is grown it is greater than the herbs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and nest in its branches.” Matt. 13:31-32.

These mustard seeds were not much to look at to begin with, but they were the right kind. In the same way, a new convert, if he makes a proper beginning, has advanced further in God’s kingdom than an older person who mostly decides for himself what he shall do.