{"id":306636,"date":"2020-12-23T07:00:05","date_gmt":"2020-12-23T12:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/%series%\/keeping-your-eyes-on-jesus\/"},"modified":"2020-12-23T07:00:05","modified_gmt":"2020-12-23T12:00:05","slug":"keeping-your-eyes-on-jesus","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-today\/keeping-your-eyes-on-jesus\/","title":{"rendered":"Keeping Your Eyes on Jesus"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Laura Story talks about life with her husband Martin, who suffers from a memory deficit due to a brain tumor. 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Although challenging, Story sees his disability as God's means of grace.","meta_box":{"show_notes":"","transcript_url":"https:\/\/transcript.familylife.com\/fl2020-12-23.pdf","transcript_content":"<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Singer\/songwriter Laura Story has come to realize there is a difference between trying to be in control of your own life and living a surrendered life. Any time she forgets that, she says she just goes back to the Bible.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Laura: <\/strong>I keep going back to the Psalms\/the Psalms talking about the <em>greatness<\/em> of God: \u201cWhat is man that He would be mindful of us?\u201d Once we realize, \u201cIt\u2019s kind of silly for us to be co-ruling with Him.\u201d It\u2019s not that He doesn\u2019t invite us into it; because He\u2019s constantly, in His Word, talking about us being part of His work\u2014but it\u2019s us laying down\/we\u2019re part of it by laying down our desires, like Jesus in the Garden, says, \u201cNot My will, but Yours be done,\u201d\u2014that\u2019s the posture we need to take as believers. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>This is <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> for Wednesday, December 23<sup>rd<\/sup>. Our hosts are Dave and Ann Wilson; I'm Bob Lepine. You can find us online at FamliyLifeToday.com. Do you ever have a problem with surrendering?\u2014with letting go?\u2014releasing your grip on life and following God\u2019s agenda? We\u2019re going to hear more about that today from Laura Story. Stay with us. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd welcome to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. Thanks for joining us. We had a treat when Laura Story, the Dove Award-winning singer\/songwriter, who has written such songs as <em>Indescribable<\/em> and the song, <em>Blessings<\/em>, and other songs, stopped by our headquarters, here, at FamilyLife<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>. We got the staff together, and we talked with her. She sang some songs for us. It was a delightful time; wasn\u2019t it?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> She\u2019s <em>amazing<\/em>, and she\u2019s so great\u2014she pulls in\u2014in this van. [Laughter] Her kids all come out, and she comes out. She\u2019s honest and <em>real<\/em>. I think listeners are going to <em>love<\/em> this today.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> As you\u2019ll hear, there\u2019s a depth to her life and her soul. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> I mean, it was funny, watching her roll out. [Laughter] The kids just sort of plopped out and rolled all over. They ran into the childcare, and then she walks in and shares her heart. It was beautiful.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBefore we hear from her, this is, of course, Christmas week. Next week is the last week of the year. David Robbins, the president of FamilyLife<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, has got a reminder for <em>FamilyLife Today <\/em>listeners. David\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>David:<\/strong> I want to start off by saying, \u201cThank you!\u201d You\u2019ve invested time; and <em>many<\/em> of you have invested, financially, with our ministry; you\u2019ve made <em>FamilyLife Today <\/em>possible for, truly, <em>millions<\/em> of people, who are tuned in each week to find help and hope for their family. In fact, I\u2019ve got to share with you a message that I received from Jane, who\u2019s one of our regular listeners. She told us, \u201c<em>FamilyLife Today <\/em>was so encouraging at one of the most difficult times in my marriage. I felt so isolated and weary. The episode, \u2018Hope Isn\u2019t Canceled,\u2019 was truly a Godsend when I needed it most when COVID-19 was at its peak.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt is truly a blessing to hear the specific ways God meets His people and uses FamilyLife. If you want to help create and spread hope like this, I encourage you to consider donating to FamilyLife. As we\u2019re nearing the end of December and 2020, we\u2019re watching the donations coming in right now. We\u2019re running behind where we need to be. With our donation match this month, your dollars will be doubled in impact. Thank you for considering a gift of any amount to help. Each and every gift will help us meet our goal and will help us continue to minister to families in the year ahead.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes; thank you, David. I hope our listeners will go to our website, FamilyLifeToday.com, and make a generous yearend donation; or call us at 1-800-FL-TODAY. Pray for us that our needs will be met in the year to come.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, let\u2019s turn to the conversation we had recently with Laura Story. We talked with her about the theme of surrender, which is a theme of a book she\u2019s written called <em>I Give Up.<\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIn our conversation, I asked her a question about her book. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t[Previous <em>FamilyLife Today <\/em>Interview before FamilyLife<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> Staff]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>I think I found a mistake.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Laura: <\/strong>Uh-oh! [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>On the back cover, it says, \u201cLaura no longer wants to control her life.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Laura:<\/strong> What it meant to say is, \u201cLaura has found that trying to control her life is futile.\u201d [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> It does go on to say, \u201cShe wants to be rooted in the God who is in control.\u201d That\u2019s true.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Laura:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> The idea of surrender\u2014we tend to think of somebody coming to faith in Christ\u2014that\u2019s what they do; they surrender to God.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Yes, a one-time thing.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Then it\u2019s over, and then you move on. Surrender is a daily process.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Laura:<\/strong> Absolutely. It\u2019s constantly <em>choosing<\/em> surrender with\/for every moment\u2014always with our time, with our money, with our family, with our children, with our job\u2014whatever it is\u2014whatever it is that God begins to eliminate in your life, that you\u2019re holding too tightly to. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tFor me, if there is something I find myself frustrated\u2014that it\u2019s just not working out the way I think it should\u2014usually, it\u2019s God showing me that my grip on that thing or that person that I\u2019m trying to manage\u2014[Laughter]\u2014that grip is a little too tight.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> I hate that; don\u2019t you? [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Laura:<\/strong> Oh, yes! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> I want the other one: \u201cI surrender once. It\u2019s done. You know, there are no more trials.\u201d Yet, every <em>day<\/em>\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Laura:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> \u2014is a little bit of prying the hand off of something I\u2019m trying to control.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Here\u2019s what I find myself wrestling with: the difference between surrender and passivity\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Laura:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014trying to figure out: \u201cWhen am I supposed to yield?\u201d and \u201cWhen am I supposed to step forward, and not yield, and push back?\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Laura:<\/strong> Yes!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Do you have an answer for me on that?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Laura:<\/strong> Well, I think surrender\u2014really, what we\u2019re asking\u2014or what God is asking\u2014is for us to surrender the things that He is supposed to be in control of that we\u2019re trying to be in control of. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThere are a <em>ton<\/em> of things that are <em>our <\/em>jobs. Let\u2019s say the person that\u2019s unemployed: if they just sit in bed every day and watch television, because they\u2019re just going to surrender that to the Lord. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> \u2014and say, \u201cGod, bring me the job.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Laura:<\/strong> Actually, there are so many things that we can\u2014in most of these arenas, there are so many things that we can be doing\u2014but at the end of the day, we have to come to the point of saying, \u201cI have done my job, but I am going to trust <em>Him<\/em>.\u201d What that looks like, in a very tangible\/practical way, is I can go to bed at night and sleep peacefully. I don\u2019t have to be up, wringing my hands over whether or not God is going to come through on His part.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Throughout the book, you\u2019ve got \u201cWhite Flag Prayers.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Laura:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Did the prayers come first before the chapters came? I kind of read these and thought, \u201cI bet these are prayers that you\u2019ve prayed over and over again.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Let me give you an example of one of those prayers: White Flag Prayer \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNumber 2: \u201cGod, I don\u2019t want to compete with You for control of my life. You know me\u2014all my fears, impatience, and, at times, even my unbelief. Holy God, Creator of the universe, help me to daily surrender to You as the Lord of my life.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAs to Bob\u2019s question, \u201cDid the prayer come first, or the chapter come first?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Laura:<\/strong> Well, the chapters came first. Each chapter presents everything from reasons why we should surrender to how to surrender. I think, at the end of each chapter\u2014if you, as a reader, could look back and go, \u201cYes, I think I agree with that. I think I agree with God being trustworthy enough for me to surrender,\u201d\u2014I wanted to give the reader a step that they could do in that very moment, you know? Nothing that would take more than 15 seconds. All of it is supposed to be like a thousand little steps. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSurrender\u2014if it\u2019s not this\u2014it\u2019s like surrender and forgiveness are like second cousins\u2014where forgiveness;: you can say, \u201cOh, I forgive that person.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Laura:<\/strong> But really, what it is\u2014is you saying, \u201cI forgive that person, and I\u2019m going to make the <em>choice<\/em>, every time they come to mind, to forgive them a thousand little times.\u201d That\u2019s what surrender looks like; it\u2019s saying, \u201cI <em>want<\/em> <em>to<\/em> want to surrender.\u201d And those White Flag Prayers, I\u2019m hoping, are going to be a thousand little steps towards that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> The filling of the Holy Spirit is a continuous activity; right? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Laura:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> We are to be continuously <em>being filled<\/em> with the Spirit. In the same way that, every moment, we\u2019re to walk in the power of the Spirit, every moment we\u2019re to be forgiving\/every moment we\u2019re to be surrendering. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Laura:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> And it is an ongoing process. That White Flag Prayer comes at the end of \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tChapter 2. Can I just read the <em>title<\/em> of Chapter 2? [Laughter] \u201cDear God, Let\u2019s Be Co-rulers. [Laughter] Love, Me.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Laura:<\/strong> I told you it\u2019s a very vulnerable book, because I live that way. I am totally fine with surrendering to God if He is doing it my way.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Laura:<\/strong> I am really good. [Laughter] I\u2019m like that passenger that\u2014like, I really like to drive. I feel like I\u2019m kind of a guy in that sense, where I really want to <em>drive<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann: <\/strong>Me too.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Laura: <\/strong>I have trouble trusting the person who\u2019s driving. I\u2019m always looking over their shoulder, saying, \u201cHey! You know, you could take that way, and it would be a little bit quicker,\u201d or \u201cDon\u2019t you think, maybe, we should\u2026?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Are you saying you have a control problem?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Laura:<\/strong> Slightly, slightly. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> My wife never does that.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann: <\/strong>I do.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Laura:<\/strong> No, never ever! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> No, never; I don\u2019t know where you\u2019d get that. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Laura:<\/strong> The truth is: the only reason why we\u2019d be that way toward God is if we really believed that He needed our help.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014that we know better than He does.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Laura:<\/strong> Yes, which shows both an inflated view of self\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Laura:<\/strong> \u2014and a deflated view of God. If we really saw\u2014I keep going back to the Psalms, because so much of this book, especially as a worship leader, I\u2019m just kind of enamored with the Psalms. The Psalms, talking about the <em>greatness<\/em> of God: \u201cWhat is man that He would be mindful of us?\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOnce we realize that, really, it\u2019s kind of silly for us to be co-ruling with Him. It\u2019s not that He doesn\u2019t invite us into it; because He constantly, in His Word, is talking about us being part of His work\u2014but it\u2019s us laying down\/we\u2019re part of it by laying down our desires, like Jesus in the Garden, says, \u201cNot My will, but Yours be done,\u201d\u2014that\u2019s the posture we need to take as believers. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> That\u2019s not always easy. I think it looks different sometimes. Sometimes, it\u2019s emotional. I remember the first time I told Jesus, \u201cI am all in. I surrender <em>everything<\/em>. I will go.\u201d It\u2019s this <em>passion<\/em> like, \u201cI\u2019m going to follow You.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThere are other times\u2014my sister died when I was 39; my best friend; she left four boys\u2014it was one of those times where I knelt before God and I said, \u201cI see no sense in this. This is the dumbest thing. Why would You do this?\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Laura:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> So, that surrender was, \u201cI will follow You as an act of my will, not because I\u2019m feeling so great about You. I will follow You because I know You\u2019re faithful. I can trust You, even when it doesn\u2019t <em>feel<\/em> like it right now.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Laura:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> And so, it can be different times, but it\u2019s still that act of surrender. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> I think about, when the crowds went away from Jesus, and He looked at the disciples and said, \u201cAre you leaving too?\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> And they said, \u201cWhere else do we go? You alone have the words of eternal life.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIn those moments, where we look and we say, \u201cI don\u2019t get this,\u201d and \u201cThis does not make sense to me,\u201d we also find ourselves saying, \u201cWhere else do we go?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Where else would I go?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u201cWho else can we follow? You have been so gracious, in the midst, that even in adversity, there\u2019s no place else to go where life has purpose, or meaning, or makes any sense. So, even though <em>this<\/em> doesn\u2019t make sense, You make more sense than anything else we know.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> And yet, in the middle of that, as we all know, it\u2019s still hard to pick up that white flag. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Laura:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> It\u2019s like I still want to maintain a sense of \u201cI can\u2026\u201d Yet, this move, at the end of each chapter, is a surrender move: \u201cI am surrendering my will to Your will.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Tell Laura about what you did at church, a couple of months ago, related to control issues and the bicycle.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> I didn\u2019t do anything, Bob. My wife did this. We were doing a message together; and she says, \u201cWe have to bring the tandem bike to church.\u201d We have this bike that hangs in our garage; it\u2019s never been ridden in 25 years.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> I bought it when I was 12 years old with my pennies.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> I always want to sell it; she will not let me sell it\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> \u2014\u201cIt\u2019s a relic.\u201d So I have to pull this thing down.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> I said, \u201cHoney, can you bring the tandem to church today?\u201d He goes, \u201cWhy?!\u201d I said, \u201cI feel like I have this idea of what I would like to\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> I\u2019ve learned: \u201cJust do it.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> I\u2019m a visual learner.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u201cSurrender.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> \u201cSurrender.\u201d [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> I brought this tandem on the stage; and I said, \u201cI didn\u2019t grow up in church. My sister came home and told me about Jesus. She said, \u2018Ann, like this is how we receive eternal life. God longs for us to have a relationship with Him.\u2019\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI got on the tandem bike\u2014on the front of it\u2014and I said, \u201cJesus! Get on! Get on the <em>back<\/em>!\u201d That\u2019s what I said. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> So I\u2019m Jesus\u2014I find out during the sermon\u2014[Laughter]\u2014so I get on the back to pretend I\u2019m Jesus.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> I go the same ways I\u2019ve always gone, and I\u2019ve done the same things I always did. Now, I\u2019m feeling guilty, because Jesus is on the back, and He <em>sees<\/em> me. [Laughter] I feel like He\u2019s saying, \u201cLet <em>Me<\/em> take you. Let Me in the front. Let <em>Me<\/em> guide your life and take you on this journey.\u201d That\u2019s a <em>fearful<\/em> thing\u2014to let Him take us somewhere; because we don\u2019t know where He\u2019s going to take us. We could marry a pastor! [Laughter] \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Laura: <\/strong>I know! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann: <\/strong>We could live in Detroit, Michigan!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Laura:<\/strong> \u2014or find yourself on a radio show! [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Exactly! [Laughter] \u201cWhen I let Jesus get on the front and take my life, at first, it was like, \u201cThis is <em>amazing<\/em>! Look! He\u2019s leading me. He\u2019s guiding me. I\u2019m going to follow Him!\u201d But then He takes us on some paths that we never expected or <em>wanted<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Laura:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Then, on the tandem bike, I get on those handlebars\u2014on my handlebars\u2014and I start leaning over Jesus, trying to get those handlebars, and saying, \u201cDon\u2019t go this way!\u201d I\u2019m trying\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Laura: <\/strong>Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> She actually sat on my head, trying to control me. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann: <\/strong>That\u2019s the hardest thing\u2014to let Him have that driver\u2019s seat. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Laura: <\/strong>Yes, yes; and believing that surrender isn\u2019t supposed to be this frustrating thing. It really is a freeing thing. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Yes!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Laura:<\/strong> I think one of the things about surrender\u2014people have this image of surrender being like Elsa, on the mountainside\u2014[singing] \u201cLet it go!\u201d [Laughter] As if we throw our problems into thin air and everything just gets better. The truth is that is <em>not<\/em> biblical surrender <em>at all<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Laura:<\/strong> First of all, the things in our lives, they\u2019re not these light things that we can just throw up into thin air and they disappear: things like cancer, things like infertility, things like addictions; those are <em>weighty<\/em> things. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhat biblical surrender actually looks like is looking at the things in our life that we try to carry that are heavy\u2014and looking at our hands and seeing these frail, selfish hands that often fumble\u2014and making a conscious choice\/a very rational choice\u2014to trust those things into greater, stronger, more trustworthy, more loving hands. That really is more what a biblical picture of surrender looks like. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> You wrote a song about this recently, and Mac Powell sang it with you.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Laura:<\/strong> Yes, this was the beginning of the Lord doing this painful work in my life. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> I listened to this last night, and I thought, \u201cOh, we\u2019ll have Laura do it. I\u2019ll do the Mac Powell part.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Laura: <\/strong>Yes!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> No, no, no, no. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Then I played it and said, \u201cNo, I won\u2019t do the Mac Powell part.\u201d I tried to do the Mac Powell part, but it was a train wreck. [Laughter] So, you\u2019ll do the whole thing, okay? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Laura: <\/strong>Okay, we can do that.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes, let\u2019s do that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Laura: <\/strong>[Playing piano and singing <em>Open Hands<\/em>] [Applause]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Laura, take a minute here and just pray for those who need to surrender today; who are trying to climb over from the back seat into the steering position, and say, \u201cI want control;\u201d and who need to let go and let the Lord direct their lives. Would you pray for them?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Laura:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tFather, we acknowledge that too often we buy into the lie of the world that tells us that we must be independent and self-sufficient; that we must be strong. We acknowledge now that what we have in You, because of Your Son, we are able to be weak. You call us to dependence, and You call us to surrender. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tFor each person who struggles now, trying to carry something weighty that they were never meant to bear, give us the faith in You, our trustworthy God, to lay it down. We visualize it now, going from our hands to Yours, God. We trust You. We thank You that You are a God who delights in doing exceedingly more than we could ever ask or imagine for our good and for Your greater glory. We pray it in the name of Jesus. Amen. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Would you guys thank Laura Story? [Applause]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Laura:<\/strong> Thank you, guys!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t[Studio]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Well, we\u2019ve been listening back to an interview with Laura Story, done with our staff, here at FamilyLife. I think there are a lot of people, who can relate to the need to surrender\/to give up the desire to want to control all the details of your life. Do you deal with that\u2014control issues?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> I keep waiting for my desire to control to go away; but it never seems to, Bob. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> I think that\u2019s part of the human condition. I think all of us feel safer if we feel like we\u2019re in control, but control is an illusion; isn\u2019t it?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Yes; and you know, I love the line in the song, <em>Open Hands<\/em>, she just sang. It\u2019s the line: \u201ca clenching-fist, a life of fear.\u201d I\u2019m a clenching-fist guy. You know, I hold on; and I want to hold on. It\u2019s really hard to open the hand and say, \u201cOkay; I\u2019m going to trust God.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> He can be trusted, but it\u2019s really difficult.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> I don\u2019t think we can experience all God has for us until we do unclench that fist and give Him <em>everything<\/em>, because that\u2019s when the journey really begins and the adventure with God.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Well, I think there are times God says, \u201cOkay; if you want to hang on, hang on. We\u2019ll see where this goes.\u201d The life of surrender\u2014it\u2019s a little like skydiving, which I\u2019ve never done\u2014have you ever skydived? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Never have; I sort of want to\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> I want to, too.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> \u2014but I\u2019m holding onto my fist of not\u2014[Laughter]\u2014\u201cI\u2019m not going to do that. I\u2019m going to hold onto the plane; I\u2019m going to hold onto that anchor!\u201d [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> I think God says, \u201cWhen you let go, where I\u2019m going to take you is going to be glorious. Yes, it may be scary for a while.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> \u2014 \u201cand not always easy.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> I\u2019ve said this\u2014and I\u2019ve seen this written\u2014the visual of: \u201cIf you have your fist closed, you can\u2019t put anything into it.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> And it really is true. Until you let go and trust God, you don\u2019t know what He might have for you; it just might be peace.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes; and I think that\u2019s the conclusion that Laura comes to in the book that she has written called <em>I Give Up<\/em>. The subtitle is: <em>The Secret Joy of a Surrendered Life. <\/em>There is peace when you surrender to God, and to His purposes, and His will. We\u2019ve got copies of Laura\u2019s book in our <em>FamilyLife<\/em> <em>Today <\/em>Resource Center. Let me encourage you to go online to order your copy. Again, the title is <em>I Give Up,<\/em> by Laura Story. Our website is FamilyLifeToday.com; or you can call to order: 1-800-358-6329\u2014that\u2019s 1-800-\u201cF\u201d as in family, \u201cL\u201d as in life, and then the word, \u201cTODAY.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe talked, back at the beginning of today\u2019s program, about this being yearend\u2014FamilyLife\u2019s yearend financial need\u2014the matching gift that is available so that your donations get matched, dollar for dollar. 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