The Surrender Prayer

Throughout the different seasons of my life, God seems to give me specific Bible verses to cling to; verses that are filled with meaning and reminders of His promises with each bend and twist of the road.
This past year, that Bible verse has been Isaiah 55:6,8-9

"Seek the Lord while he may be found; call on him while he is near..."for my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways." declares the Lord.

"As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts."

Only a Christian could find such comfort in these verses, for it is a truth that is entirely out of our grasp strictly in the realm of our humanity. As human beings, it is a hard thing for us to understand that the ways, thoughts and timing of an unseen higher power are "higher" than ours; not only that, but in order to experience the peace that these verses have to offer, we must surrender. We are constantly trying to make sense of everything in this world, whether it be tragedy, science, money or relationships. Without surrender to Jesus Christ, we adapt this philosophy that as human beings, we have the right to understand why things are the way the are, and be able to control or influence that which doesn't make sense.
Oh the compassion I feel for the unbeliever and believers alike, who instead of taking comfort in the fact that as human beings God has an understanding and a purpose behind how things unfold in this world, they are constantly trying to control and make sense of their environment, running in a constant circle of pride and fear. A verse from the famous hymn "What a friend we have in Jesus" comes to mind. "Oh what peace we often forfeit, oh what needless pain we bear. All because we do not carry, everything to God in prayer."
A prayer that I say and apply on a daily basis is "the serenity prayer". Actually, I have decided to personally rename this prayer "The surrender prayer", because the entire prayer is about surrendering to the fact that without Jesus, I am unable to "accept the things I cannot change, have the courage to change the things that I can, and the wisdom to know the difference".

Today and always, may you surrender to the higher ways and thoughts of our Lord Jesus Christ. May you experience the refreshing peace that the limitations of our humanity give us, and rest in His mysterious and holy ways.