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Being committed is the oppostie of the spiritual principle of being surrendered.
Commitment challenges you to a higher level of determination.
Surrendering is yielding your life to God’s purposes for you.
Commitment is saying that - I’ll do it better.
Surrendering is asking God to work through you.
Commitment is about me and my best effort.
Surrendering is waiting on God, listening to Him and asking Him to help me do it.
Commitment is me running the ship and staying at the controls.
Surrendering is letting the God who made me - have the controls of my life.
Commitment brings frustration and even burnout after a while because it’s all about me.
Surrendering helps you break through the barriers and experience continual inner peace, contentment, joy – regardless … of what’s going on around me.