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Follow the Promises: Full Surrender
OneTwo Church at South Padre Island
The moment that changes everything isn’t usually dramatic, it’s decisive. We open with an NFL draft picture of commitment, then Joshua 24 takes us to Shechem where an entire nation “presents themselves before the Lord” and Joshua refuses to offer soft options. No backup plans. No crossed fingers. Choose today.
From there, we slow down and read what we call God’s resume of faithfulness: Abraham chosen out of idol worship, a family sustained through impossibility, deliverance through Moses, the Red Sea, the wilderness, protection from curses, and victories Israel didn’t earn. We also notice what’s missing, God doesn’t rehearse Israel’s failures. That omission points straight to grace, to the promise that God forgives and remembers sin no more. Trust grows when we remember what God has done, and surrender stops feeling like a threat and starts feeling like sanity.
Then we get honest about what “full surrender” means. Joshua warns the people not to take vows lightly, and Jesus does the same in Luke 14: count the cost, carry the cross, forsake all. We talk Christian discipleship, the Holy Spirit as the power to actually follow through, and the modern “foreign gods” we keep within arm’s reach. If surrender is real, it gets practical fast: what needs to be put away, deleted, or laid at Jesus’ feet?
If this challenged you, subscribe, share it with a friend who needs clarity, and leave a review. What’s one area where you’re ready to stop negotiating and go fully surrendered?
