Bruce’s Ministry

Maintaining Control

Posted by Bruce Norton on Apr 24 2009

This is probably going to be one of my shortest blog posts ever, but as profound the concept is, it is simple to describe.   One of the things we struggle with most is to maintain control over our lives.  In fact we often struggle with this our entire lives.  I see people who are not believers struggling to control their lives as well as people of faith doing the same thing.  But, when we surrender to Jesus, he wants us to surrender everything.  Sometimes we have to surrender things multiple times because without knowing it we start to take over again.  One of the most important things we need to surrender is our desire for, and our naive belief that we actually have, control over our lives.  Of course the truth is that the only thing we really can control is how we respond to the uncontrollable events we encounter on our journey.

Paradoxically, however, the truth is that I have never felt as much in control as I do when I give up complete control to Him.  What a crazy upside-down thing that is.  When I surrender control and truly understand that I am not in control I feel like I have more control, peace, and joy.  That is completely upside-down from the world in which we live.  But then again, His Kingdom is also upside-down from the world.

Bruce..