I Surrender - Ruban Studdard

All to Jesus I surrender
All to Him I freely give;
I will ever love and trust Him,
In his presence daily live.

I surrender all, to you Jesus I surrender all, all;
All to thee, my blessed Savior,
I surrender all.

All I have I give to You (I'll give it to You)
I surrender all to You (everything I have)
I'll do what you want me to (what you want me do)
I'll give You everything
I surrender all to Jesus I surrender all
I give my self to thee
Fill me with a love and power that your blessing follow me
I surrender all
To you Jesus I (I surrender all)
All to thee, my blessed Savior
I surrender all

All I have I give to You
I surrender all to You
I'll do what you want me to
I'll give You everything
I surrender all to Jesus

All I have I give to You (all to you Lord)
I surrender all to You (I surrender all I have to you)
I'll do what you want me to (whatever you want from me)
I'll give You everything
I surrender all to You
I surrender all to You
I'll do whatever you want me to
Nothing else I'd rather do
With my life, Lord I'll serve you every day
Even when things don't go my way
Lord you can trust me to never straight, oh
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Tough words to say. Tougher yet to do. The five hardest words that I would have difficulties with doing with my whole heart are in this song. They are "I surrender all to You". Those are some of the hardest words I find myself choking out. Yet I found myself on my knees crying them out to Him. Reaching to Him and saying it with my whole heart. I surrender all to You, all to You.
Sure, I can hang on but why? I need to keep the hope that things will work out and if I can just honestly start surrendering them all to God then I should be ok. Right? There is no one more powerful or more capable then our Father. No one who can help us through these tough times more when we just allow Him in and we surrender to His will. Surrender to Him.
This was a hard song for me to sing today. It meant so much. It hit me so hard. My knees hit the floor and every word resonated in my head and my heart. This past year has been one full of ups and downs. I am done with it. I give it over to Him. Sure it will not fully end right away. It may take weeks. Maybe months. The one thing that I seemed to grasp onto though today as I sang these words to Him from my heart is that if I can just surrender and hand them over to Christ then He will carry the burden with me. I was not meant to carry it alone. When my arms are tired I cry out to Him and He helps me to continue to hold them high in praise to Him. When I can just sit back and surrender it all to Him then I allow myself to allow Him to work in me and through me in ways that I never thought possible.
So, today I come before you Lord and tell you that I surrender. I ask for the forgiveness of hanging on, cause I know that is what humans do. But in those times I ask that you remind me that I have surrendered to You and that You have it in your control. I am Yours Lord. I give myself to you. I surrender.