It takes constant effort to submit to God; it never gets simpler. However, when we invest in our connection with God, we realize how much we must constantly release and surrender.
We may learn how to surrender to God and get closer to Him, just like most other things in life.
Living free and secure in God’s joy and protection is one of the most significant benefits of submission.
When you submit to Him, you trust God with your soul, the most crucial aspect of who you are. New liberation emerges from that position of complete surrender.
Bible Verses About Surrendering To God
God always reveals the truth to us when we study the Bible with an open mind. An illustration of how to surrender to God is to give up your time to learn more about Jesus.
I pray that these 23 passages may encourage you to surrender your life to God despite your fear of letting go.
Luke 14:33 (ESV)
So therefore, any one of you who does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple.
Matthew 7:16 (ESV)
You will recognize them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?
Psalm 95:6 (ESV)
Oh come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker!
Psalm 32:8 (ESV)
I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you.
Genesis 2:16-17 (ESV)
And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “You may surely eat of every tree of the garden, but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.”
Proverbs 23:26 (ESV)
My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes observe my ways.
Philippians 4:13 (ESV)
I can do all things through him who strengthens me.
John 6:44 (ESV)
No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him. And I will raise him up on the last day.
Jeremiah 29:11 (ESV)
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.
James 4:10 (ESV)
Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.
2 Timothy 1:7 (ESV)
For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.
Matthew 6:33 (ESV)
But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
Ezekiel 18:4 (ESV)
Behold, all souls are mine; the soul of the father as well as the soul of the son is mine: the soul who sins shall die.
Psalm 139:23-24 (ESV)
Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! And see if there be any grievous way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting!
James 4:7 (ESV)
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Matthew 16:24 (ESV)
Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.
Proverbs 3:5-6 (ESV)
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.
Luke 9:23 (ESV)
And he said to all, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.
Ephesians 6:10-18 (ESV)
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.
Matthew 16:25 (ESV)
For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
Philippians 2:13 (ESV)
For it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.
Matthew 7:7 (ESV)
“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
Hebrews 11:6 (ESV)
And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.
Mark 10:28 (ESV)
Peter began to say to him, “See, we have left everything and followed you.”
Jeremiah 29:11 (ESV)
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.
James 4:10 (ESV)
Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.
2 Timothy 1:7 (ESV)
For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.
Matthew 26:39 (ESV)
And going a little farther he fell on his face and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will.”
Psalm 50:15 (ESV)
And call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.”
Psalm 9:10 (ESV)
And those who know your name put their trust in you, for you, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you.
Joshua 24:1(ESV)
Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem and summoned the elders, the heads, the judges, and the officers of Israel. And they presented themselves before God.
And Joshua said to all the people, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘Long ago, your fathers lived beyond the Euphrates, Terah, the father of Abraham and of Nahor;
and they served other gods. Then I took your father Abraham from beyond the River and led him through all the land of Canaan, and made his offspring many. I gave him Isaac.
And to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. And I gave Esau the hill country of Seir to possess, but Jacob and his children went down to Egypt. And I sent Moses and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt with what I did in the midst of it, and afterward I brought you out. .
Revelation 12:9 (ESV)
And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world—he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
1 Peter 5:6-10 (ESV)
Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you. Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. Resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world. And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.
James 2:20 (ESV)
Do you want to be shown, you foolish person, that faith apart from works is useless?
2 Corinthians 5:17 (ESV)
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
Romans 8:7-8 (ESV)
For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God’s law; indeed, it cannot. Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
John 15:1(ESV)
“I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you. Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. …
John 3:16-17 (ESV)
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
Luke 9:23-24 (ESV)
And he said to all, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it.
Mark 8:34-35 (ESV)
And calling the crowd to him with his disciples, he said to them, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel’s will save it.
Matthew 11:28 (ESV)
Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Psalm 46:10 (ESV)
“Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!”
Revelation 1:1(ESV)
The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,
James 1:22 (ESV)
But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
2 Timothy 3:16 (ESV)
All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,
Ephesians 2:10 (ESV)
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
1 Corinthians 6:19-20 (ESV)
Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.
Romans 5:8 (ESV)
But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Conclusion
We must humble ourselves, be willing to lose, be incorrect, be alone, and endure injustice to learn how to surrender to God.
Regardless of whether we give up, these things still occur. We feel better about losing if we believe we are in charge of things.
However, strict control-holding does not lead to spiritual freedom. Worship and prayer are two things you can do when circumstances tempt you to cling to your surrender.
You can now love and serve people from your new position of heart encouragement.
