We are at Jesus' disposal. If He wants you to be sick in bed, if He wants you to proclaim His Word in the street, that's allright, everything is all right. And this is our strength and this is the joy of the Lord.
Total surrender to God must come in small details just as it comes in big details. It's nothing but that single word, 'Yes, I accept whatever you give and I give whatever you take.' And this is just a simple way for us to be holy.
To be holy doesn't mean to do extraordinary things, to understand big things, but it is a simple acceptance, because I have given myself to God, because I belong to Him--my total surrender. He could put me here, He could put me there, He can use me, He can not use me. It doesn't matter because I belong so totally to Him that He can do just what He wants to do with me.
-Mother Teresa
Now THAT is total surrender that that is what God asks and that is what Christ did at the cross, giving up all his rights to be obedient to death for the joy set before him. And when we surrender our rights we are agreeing that God is ENOUGH to meet our needs and that His plans are best. This place of total surrender is where rest is- what can man do to me when all responsibility is place on God to do what HE wants to do. So freeing, So hard, but so so so important. So necessary to allowing Him to work in you, because that which you are holding so tightly to, claiming to thing you need that thing, if it's not God is only keeping you in bondage.
Christ has an exchange.
Trusting Christ JEsus as my life means that moment by moment I am free to choose to :
give up the right to be accepted by people, I am willing to be/feel rejected therefore trust CHRIST alone as my COMPANION (that is just the word He gave me. He will giveyou just the exchange you need if you ask Him. He's worth it!)
And that is just one of the many examples. I can joyfully release that and know that even if I am rejected my world is not crashed in because that need is totally met in Christ. There are tons of rights I have been giving to Him and there is so much freedom and victory to be had when I release that prideful control. Here's the powerful prayer we pray after the Lord leads people to give up rights:
"I give you permission to do anything You wish to me, with me, in me, or through me (um wow what are the implications of that??!!) which would glorify You.
I claimed these rights at one time to be mine, but now they all belong to YOU and are under Your control. You can do with them and with me anything You please. I know that this does not eliminate my responsibilities nor my obedience to You or Your word. (It only relieves me of my control over specific areas of my life as you continue to transform me and make me more like Christ).
Lord I want you to do whatever with me- whatever it takes to know you as my portion to the deepest part of me. Glorify yourself God! Your ways are so much better.
