How to Completely and Utterly Surrender

Good morning! Yesterday Bishop Woods embarked on the introduction to a new series titled I Got This. The scripture text was Exodus 3:1-5 and 10-14.

Bishop Woods reminded that in order for us to experience supernatural success we must first achieve spiritual success proven out in 3 John 1:2. Natural success follows God's anointing. Recall God's blue print for supernatural success given to Abraham;
1. God gave Abraham a call
2. God gave Abraham a command
3. God gave Abraham a covenant

After receiving the above the next step is following the unction of the Holy Spirit, which was sent to comfort and lead you. When the Spirit of God moves surrender and submit. Moses submitted to the will of the Lord and became an example of the necessary attributes for spiritual surrender;
1. Moses' Horeb First Moses was special. He had a calling--just like you. He was drawn out of the water and out of a terrible situation and put in a place of comfort and safety. While Moses was in the palace of the Pharaoh he was groomed for the work of the Lord. He was educated and developed for leadership. However, after he killed the Egyptian he went to work tending to sheep. Moses was in this period of his life for over 40 years. We cannot move to the next level until we really learn to worship God in Spirit and in truth right where we are!

When you come from a blessed place and you are in your in between place do not feel like you are not in the right place. Rather remember that you are in the best place for God to make you over. So Moses was in this place and he was at work. While Moses was at work he went to the back side of the mountain where he could give God his full attention and his sincere worship. God will lead you to the back side of the mountains in your life so that you can remember all that He's done and worship Him. Worship God in your Horeb and He will elevate you out of that situation.

Remember that where you are now is not a spiritual demotion. Just because you used to have the best and you used to have a fancy title and you used to . . . fill in the blank--and now you find yourself in lack and want--you have not been demoted. God is simply taking you to the other side of the mountain for a worship experience! When you begin to drop things off of you and out of your life that hinder you for worshipping God then your relationship with God becomes stronger and you get God's attention through your worship, which is now in Spirit and in truth.

2. God's holiness is shown through the burning bush. The holiness of God is where the fire is. God is able to show His holiness when you surrender in worship. Whenever you get God's attention with your worship He will perform something that gets your attention. Moses went to the backside of the mountain to worship and this got God's attention; however, God got Moses' attention by setting fire a bush that wasn't consumed. In other words, God worked supernatural through a natural occurrence.

Moses was in a dry place so it wasn't unusual to see a bush burning--that would not have gotten his attention. Just like in our own lives--we are used to burning issues in our life; however, what was different here was that the bush wasn't consumed. It wasn't being destroyed. The burning bush was defying natural laws and had changed from a natural occurrence to now a supernatural phenomena.

God wants to get your attention by showing you that we will suffer burning situations in our lives, but those things will not consume us. Instead when God allows something to burn in our lives it actually makes us better because Fire Purifies, Fire Ignites, and Fire Spreads. We are able to experience the grace, mercy and unmerited favor of God in our lives and that fire spreads from us to others. The Devil can't handle the fire of God so thank God that He's burning some things up in your life and yet you are not being consumed! That is a supernatural phenomena!

3. We see Moses' humility. Read Proverbs 15:33 regarding humility. Moses could not deny that God had his attention! And when God calls you to get your attention you MUST respond. Don't look over what God wants you to look directly at. God instructed Moses to remove the sandals from his feet stating that Moses was entering holy ground. God had created a space and time to have a real relationship with Moses. God didn't want anything hindering that relationship. He didn't want anything to come between His presence and Moses so that Moses could fully know and reference God. God is touchable and He wants to touch us. When we get God's attention through worshipping Him in Spirit and in truth then He begins to develop a real relationship with us where He isn't concerned about anything that would hinder that relationship. This then proves out that He came for you. He gave Himself for you. He sacrificed just for you--not for what you have or don't have-or what you do or can't do. He simply did it all for you so today let's choose to move all that's between God and a real relationship so that He will bless us in a mightier way.

The way to completely and utterly surrender is to learn to steal away and worship God in your work place--when you are at your busiest--just stop and give Him reverence. Once you do this you will get God's attention and when you get His attention His holiness will show through and He will get your attention. When God calls come before Him with humility. These are the necessary attributes to spiritual surrender.