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Attitudes, Absences, and Aspirations

Day 30: Surrendering Everything
Scripture: Matthew 6:33; Galatians 2:20; 2 Corinthians 5:14-21

After thirty days of seeking to put God first in every area of life, we arrive at the ultimate calling: complete surrender. Maybe there is an area you haven't given to Him, hoping we wouldn't mention it. Today is the day! Prioritizing God is not just about individual aspects of our lives but about yielding everything to Him. True surrender is not partial; it is complete, impacting our hearts, minds, relationships, habits, and long-term perspectives.

Jesus sets the foundation in Matthew 6:33: "But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well." Jesus asks us to stop striving for control and trust that when we put Him first, He will take care of the rest.

During this plan, we have surrendered our Hearts and Minds, allowing God to shape our thoughts, emotions, and desires as we found our identity in Him. We have given Him our Relationships, including family, friends, marriages, and children. We surrendered our pain as we learned to love our enemies as Christ loved us. We made Him the King over our daily Activities and Habits by giving Him our finances, time, work, health, and even our rest as an act of worship.

Paul reminds us in Galatians 2:20, "I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me." This acknowledgment of His presence in our lives is the ultimate surrender by which we lay down our plans, ambitions, and previous identity at the foot of the cross, inviting Him to show us how to live a life of complete fulfillment.

We have learned the tools needed to give Him control daily through Spiritual Growth as we pray, worship, read His Word, fellowship with other believers, and serve. We learned how to use our decision-making, gifts and talents, patience and perseverance, integrity, and forgiveness as apparatuses to help us surrender in the section dedicated to Personal Development. Finally, we correctly placed the Attitudes, Absences, and Aspirations that try to dethrone Christ as the King over our lives by giving Him our plans, fears and anxieties, weaknesses and struggles, and gratitude through contentment. We are no longer the same!

2 Corinthians 5:17 declares, "If anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! Surrender is about letting go and stepping into something more significant. When we fully yield to God, we are transformed. Our priorities shift, our purpose becomes more evident, and our lives reflect His love and power.

Prayer:
Heavenly Father, today I surrender every part of my life to you. Take my heart, mind, relationships, daily activities, and future; I lay it all at your feet. Teach me to seek your kingdom above all else and trust your plan. Live through me so that my life reflects your love and truth. I am Yours, fully and completely. It is in the name of Jesus we pray, Amen.