(Excerpted from Cheryl Gnagey's book, Spiritual Healing: The Surrender That Brings Victory, Chapter 9)
"It is time to tie up all that we have learned so far with a pretty bow. Hopefully this will help you see the bigger picture of all that the Spirit has been trying to teach you. As believers, we are on a journey toward the face of God, toward the greatest intimacy with Him that we can experience in this life. This journey has included the study of the Tabernacle and how it applies to our walk of faith. It has also included an in-depth look into our own hearts filled with sin and idols, and what God wants us to do with the idols we found there. The bow that ties it all together can be summed up in just one word--surrender. Oswald Chambers spoke of surrender this way: 'There is only one thing God wants of us, and that is our unconditional surrender.'"
God desires for us to be so surrendered to Him that we give Him everything we have and everything we are. Our surrender will have many facets but will certainly include laying down the rights we think we have, aligning our words, thoughts, actions and plans with His, learning to put our hand in His so He may direct our paths, and leaving behind all thought of control. Have you surrendered to God without any conditions? Or is that the very next step in your journey toward spiritual healing?
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