Pause: A Month of Peace in Five Minutes a DaySample

Proclaim

“And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” (Phil. 4:7)

Prompt

Surrender is a complicated concept—until it isn’t.

Let me explain: as an addict, I surrendered a lot of things. I surrendered my money, my relationships, and my very life so I could get a temporary high. This is a complicated kind of surrender that requires a lot of self-convincing and deviousness.

In recovery, I found that peace comes through an entirely different kind of surrender: a surrender to God’s will and to the love of Jesus.

This is a simple surrender, the kind that just looks at Jesus and says, “Not my will but yours be done.”

It was a shift in my heart from me to HIM. A change from everything being run through a selfish filter to now looking at the world self-LESS-ly.

And that’s where we find peace, leaving behind the complicated surrender of selfishness for the simple surrender of following Jesus.

Prod

What parts of your life do you still need to surrender? Get honest right now!

How can you trade those for peace today?

Praise

Listen to “Resurrender” by Hillsong Worship

Pray

Jesus, thank you for making me capable of surrender. When I want to hold on to the old me, give me strength to surrender to you. Take away my sinful, selfish, self-centered motivations and fill me with your love and peace. Help me get my eyes off me and onto you. I surrender all to you today. Amen.