Worship - A Life of Surrender

Even when our troubles seem like a prison sentence that has no end, there is one, because God is always there on the case for us, we just have to trust Him.

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One of the things I love more than anything, is worship. When I praise God through singing, I really feel moved and connected to my faith. A powerful song is one written in a way that really helps you to reflect upon and engage with all the amazing qualities of our Lord, that makes you remember how much you love and trust Him.

This week the song 'battle belongs' was on my mind, so I stuck it on in the background. It immediately encourages a reflection of how when we see the difficulties of life, the battles, the obstacles, God is looking at the victories, the movement of those obstacles, because He is not trapped in an emotional troubled state, but can see what is beyond it. Even when our troubles seem like a prison sentence that has no end, there is one, because God is always there on the case for us, we just have to trust Him.

The chorus of the song is a big eye opener and challenge, it says "when I fight, I fight on my knees, with my hands lifted high, oh God the battle belongs to you" it is so crucial when times get tough, to start there. On our knees. Arms high, giving it over to God and trusting that He will fight on our behalf. Because we can't do it alone, there is no victory there. 

Look at how many times people in the bible thought they could do it in their own strength and the result was an overwhelmingly disappointing failure. The bible is full of examples where God brought about victory in the most unlikely of situations (like when Gideon defeated the Midianites army with just 300 men in Judges 7:22  When the three hundred trumpets sounded, the Lord caused the men throughout the camp to turn on each other with their swords. The army fled to Beth Shittah toward Zererah as far as the border of Abel Meholah near Tabbath, or Jonathan and his armour bearer taking on the Philistines in 1 Samuel 14:12-14 The men of the outpost shouted to Jonathan and his armour-bearer, “Come up to us and we’ll teach you a lesson.” So Jonathan said to his armour-bearer, “Climb up after me; the Lord has given them into the hand of Israel.” 13 Jonathan climbed up, using his hands and feet, with his armour-bearer right behind him. The Philistines fell before Jonathan, and his armour-bearer followed and killed behind him. 14 In that first attack Jonathan and his armour-bearer killed some twenty men in an area of about half an acre). 

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And He used the most unlikely of people (like David and Saul who were the least in their family/clan) to enable us to get a sense of just how incredible He is and if we trust in that, we will be okay.

So, when life is troubling and difficult or hope seems lost, let's start by getting on our knees, lifting our arms to the most amazing Lord of Lords and hand the situation over.

That isn't easy, especially given we are human and prone to wanting to see results immediately, to have things our own way, to be in control. But if we don't make every effort to keep giving it over to God, we will just end up with overwhelmingly disappointing failure. There is hope in this increasingly dark and depressing world, His name is Jesus!

Proverbs 3: 5-6

Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.

Author: Rebekah Cronk

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