Who am I that the King of Everything would offer me the opportunity to open the door and invite Him in to join me in abundance?  Who am I that the God of all universes would become human to right a wrong that my ancestors could neither avoid nor rectify?  Who are we that God, who spoke and the world was created, would devise a plan so amazing that we are brought to our knees when we contemplate its complexity and love?  The problem with this analysis is that the questions have nothing to do with our worthiness, introspection or importance.  We have been asking the wrong questions, which should instead be focused upon who is He and how do we begin to fathom such amazing love?

Do I want to know God?  Yes, especially when I put aside the secrets and sins that I had been sheltering from the light for years.  Can I know God?  Yes, for it is within His defined promises that our growth resides.  Will I know God?  Yes, because He has chosen to reveal Himself to me, I am now free to ask for further understanding and revelation.  What are the barriers, obstacles or “locked doors” to growing in relationship with God?  Those barriers may have been constructed by my pain in this life, set up to defend myself or rationalize my historical record.  Surrender frightens folks.  It is akin to the complexity surrounding the words; propitiation, salvation, sanctification, redemption and imputed righteousness.  Surrender means to open up the door and voluntarily allow the doctor/friend/Father into my life in order to embark on the road to being healed of pain, illness, frailty, falsehood and ignorance.  Surrender means letting go of the misconception, deception and false understanding that my path is the best path, handing the control over to a master navigator/pilot.  Surrender is freely admitting my illness, corruption, corruptibility and imperfection so that I may eventually arrive at a place free of these inhibitions.  Surrender is acquainting myself with Jesus enough to know that although I may be pretty good at the self-sufficiency game, His way is always exponentially better than my own.

Surrender is peace of my mind, surrender is comfort, surrender is wisdom and strength, but to this world all those things seem foolish.  Don’t ask a tyrant how to treat a man unless you want a skewed view of humanity.  Don’t ask a fool how to deal with finances unless it is poverty you seek.  Do not let those who believe in “survival of the fittest” how to comfort the downtrodden, for you will only receive theory and platitude, whilst they covet your bounty.  Surrender to God, for in Him you will find understanding, strength, patience and practicality sufficient to prescribe a life well lived.  Surrender to God because He is hope to relieve the wearied and harried mind of any man besot by tragedy.  Open the door, regardless of who, what or why you thought to close it in the first place.  Open the door to Jesus, for He is the one outside knocking, beckoning let Him in to Sup with you this very night.