Submission, Surrender

This morning a bible study I'm a part of went through submission, and one of the guys mentioned the word "surrender" as almost synonymous with submission, with an emphasis on the finality of surrendering our will to Christ's.

The term "surrender" triggered in my mind the song "Moment of Surrender" by U2.  Check it out:

I tied myself with wire

To let the horses roam free

Playing with the fire

Until the fire played with me

The stone was semi precious

We were barely conscious

Two souls too smart to be

In the realm of certainty

Even on our wedding day

We set ourselves on fire

Oh God, do not deny her

Its not if I believe in love

(But) If love believes in me

Oh believe in me

At the moment of surrender

I folded to my knees

I did not notice the passers by 

And they did not notice me

I’ve been in every black hole

At the alter of the Dark star

My body's now a begging bowl

That's begging to get back

Begging to get back 

To my heart

To the rhythm of my soul

To the rhythm of my consciousness

To the rhythm that yearns

To be released from control

I was punching in the numbers at the ATM machine

I could see in the reflection 

A face staring back at me

At the moment of surrender

Of vision over visibility

I did not notice the passers by

And they did not notice me

I was speeding off the subway

Through the stations of the cross

Every eye looking every other way

Counting down till the pain will stop

At the moment of surrender

Of vision over visibility 

I did not notice the passers by

And they did not notice me

So much good stuff in here!  That one line, right in the middle, about begging to get back to rythme of my heart, my soul, that yearns to be released from control.  It's hitting me hard this morning.  That is part of our rythme for wholeness, to be fully human is to be fully submitted.  In small matters, large matters, public matters and private matters.

And then lastly, "the moment of surrender of vision over visibility" brought me back to I AM #31, I am not moved by what I see.

Set my eyes on Your Kingdom vision and free me from the slavery of control.