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Absolute Surrender - Andrew Murray

Available here as a free .pdf.

A quick book summary for those interested in what he, and others, call the “higher life”. I feel this is a poor name as it implies something that is perhaps for a select few - whereas my conviction would be that it is rather the “normal Christian life” for all, and it is the “fulness of life” that Christ came to accomplish for all His children.

He writes “The condition of God’s blessing is absolute surrender of all into His hands. Praise God! If our hearts are willing for that, there is no end to what God will do for us, and to the blessing God will bestow. Absolute surrender to God is the one thing. The condition for obtaining God’s full blessing is absolute surrender to Him."
  • God Expects Your Surrender - He is worthy and expects the creation to acknowledge who He is both in words and actions.
  • God Accomplishes Your Surrender - God comes and offers to work this absolute surrender in you, as the Holy Spirit draws us through hungering after more of Him.
  • God Accepts Your Surrender - however weakly we feel we respond to this invitation “come as you are” in response to His invitation.
  • God Maintains Your Surrender - He is able, the One for whom nothing is impossible is the One who is able to sustain us in our life with Him.
Why have we not experienced it?
 
Either because we have not trusted God for it or, that we do not surrender absolutely to God in that trust. Even in the trusting there must be a surrendering to Him for His enabling or else it becomes self-effort. Which leads to defeat and discouragement.

I encourage you to read it, meditate on the teaching, submit to the drawing of the Holy Spirit and, insodoing, enjoy fulness of life in increasing measure.

Press on!
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