Since the garden of Eden, trusting God with all of our lives has been hard. Adam and Eve bought into the lie that God could not be trusted to act for our highest good. So they took matters into their own hands. We have inherited this instinct that if we don't make the choices and if we don't make life work for us - no-one else will.
And our life experiences often seem to confirm this!
So when Jesus says to us "Trust me with your whole life", we hesitate. We want guarantees. We can feel unsafe handing it all over to someone else. But the truth is that when God created us were always intended to live under his wise and loving rule. His plans and his ways and his intentions for our lives are the best that could ever be devised. Anything we intend is pathetic in contrast.
Surrendering the control of every part of our life to him is truly 'sweet surrender.' We no longer have to live in fear and worry - we no longer have to find all the answers. We no longer have to carry the weight of our choices. He will carry all the good and the bad - and work it out for our good. That's how it was always entended to work, as we partner with him. We are simply returning to the original wonderful life God shaped for us before sin came. Who wouldn't want that? It's a no-brainer!
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