One of the most embarrassing things for human beings, for some reason, is to have to admit that they need help. We like to be in control and take care of our own needs. For some, it is hard even to humble ourselves before God and admit that we need God to take over. I've always wondered why that is. Are we afraid that God will say no to us? I firmly believe, and Scripture supports this, that God honors the human admission of needing God's help. It is in those moments of our humility that God is able to work wonders that would be impossible any other way.
Along the same lines, it is so difficult for us to surrender all that we are and have to God. Selfishness is nothing new to humans; we've been practicing it for years and years and years. God, though, invites us to surrender what we have to God and to God's will. This is so difficult for us, I believe, because we feel that in surrender we are losing; if we surrender something to God, we tell ourselves, we are losing it forever. What we fail to realize, at times, is that surrender means simply allowing God to take and use what we are and have for God's glory. Just as God can do wondrous things when we come to God in humility, so too can God do wondrous things when we surrender to God.
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