A pastor tells Christians that surrender to the Holy Spirit comes down to two words: trust and obey. He walks through common spiritual struggles—hearing God's voice, understanding spiritual gifts, fear of the rapture—and shows how Scripture and obedience resolve them all.
And this is where many Christians get confused. They say, how do you surrender to the Holy Spirit? Surrender is not an emotion. I'll give you 2 simple words, and this right here will spare you years of heartache, years of confusion, years of trouble. Simply put, 2 words: trust and obey. Brother David, I'm struggling to hear the voice of the Holy Spirit. I don't want to miss God. Relax. Trust and obey. Pastor David, I think I have spiritual gifts, but sometimes I have dreams I'm using them, but I don't ever know how to use them, and I don't know how to discover them, and I don't know how to put them into practice. Relax. Trust and obey. I heard that the rapture might happen next month, and I don't know if I'm ready. What if Jesus splits the sky and takes us all? Relax. Trust and obey. It's so simple. How do you walk in power? Trust and obey. How do you overcome the sin nature? Trust and obey. How do I grow spiritually? Trust and obey. The problem is many of us think that it all depends upon us, and so we're worried about it. To look at the word, obey the word, look at the word, obey the word, and then obey the word even when it doesn't make sense to me— that's where the trust part comes in.
