"Surrender is the Answer"

Scottish songwriter and singer Steph Macleod has achieved a great deal more than most in his career, and yet, he is not a household name. If you want the truth, I think I would prefer that if I were as successful as he has been. Within his own career path as a folk singer, he has produced four really good, and critically acclaimed LPs (albums) with another EP (shorter album with 5 songs). He was, for about four years, a member of a worship band called "Celtic Worship". With the band he produced another two really amazing LPs and then, again, on his own, as a gospel singer, he put out a 2nd EP, titled "O Perfect Father". All of Steph's work can be found online through your favorite music site(s) such as Spotify, Amazon, etc. Why am I telling you all about Steph Macleod?

Steph's album "Gold" has a song on it titled "One Day at a Time", a popular saying and mantra among people who are or have been through rehab or substance abuse counseling. One day at a time refers to how we are to look at life, think about how it is we will unravel the twisted knots we've tied ourselves in, and how we're going to survive the next day! In the song, Steph proclaims over and over again that surrendering, to the Higher Power, is the answer. FYI...it is the answer. Every time.

As Believers, I can't speak for non-believers, we are to remember that the act of surrendering is really an act of returning. It is an act of repenting, it is an act of realigning ourselves with the one True pole in our lives; Jesus. He is the answer and it doesn't really matter what the question is. Let's look at the lyrics of the song for a second, maybe that will help some of you out a bit.

"So let met tell you 'bout my weary soul

I lose heart when I lose control

Free falling, fantasizing

Reminiscing 'bout the days gone by when I

Drank heavy, and I popped pills

With my fake friends for the cheap thrills

I cried out when I lost my way,

Hands held high from the shadows of the valley.

Everything will be alright. Everything will be alright.

Everything will be alright, I'm living one day at a time.

Surrender, is the answer, I believe in a Higher Power"

It's not easy to see yourself falling. It's not even possible at some point. We often have to hit rock bottom before we realize we're in the exact spot we need to be to have only one option left; to surrender!

No one knows the words to this song better than the writer himself. He's been on a personal and spiritual journey for years, having been addicted to both drugs and alcohol. His is not the easy road; the rocks, stumps, pits, and thicket seem endless at times. I've followed his social media for years now, and have been able to keep up with some of the things he's been facing through the posts and comments of others as well. If I can say anything at all about him, and have him hear me, and understand that my words are genuine, it would be that he hit the nail on the head with this one. "Surrender is the answer, I believe in a Higher Power." It's the epitome of truth behind lyrics.

When Jesus died some 2000+ years ago, He set in motion a way for us to not only surrender the big things we can't control but also the little daily things that we may need guidance for. His forgiveness on that day meant that no matter what we do it has already been taken care of. We aren't to use that as a means to continue our sin. Paul said "forbid that" but what it means is that we will sin, we will fall, we will stumble, we will need help, and it's always and already in place just waiting for us to ask for it. Surrender. Even if we don't have the words to use to ask for it, we have a heart that speaks when our mouths can't. Jesus is into Heart Messages.

My prayer today is for all of us. Any one of us, and every one of us. I pray that we take a minute to consider the benefits of letting go, of surrendering, and of taking the control back by giving it away to God forever. His is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. we can't argue with that reasoning. We really can't. Who do we think we are if we think we can outdo, outlove, or out-provide God? One more quote from the song "One Day at a Time" I think says a great deal about our lives and what we can have.