How to Completely Surrender Our Worry to God

Do you sit with worry and wonder how to surrender it to God? My hope is that you take my story and we learn how to surrender our worry to God together, in order to find peace. 

Worry and Anxiety

Anxiety has been a popular word in our culture over the last few years. Numbers have sky-rocketed showing the increase of anxiety around the whole world. It is a real thing. Whether anxiety is caused by real-world events happening, or by events that we think may happen. Either way, it can be debilitating. There are many bible verses about worry. One common verse is written in Matthew. Matthew chapter 6 verse 34 says,  “Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.” Many people love to hold onto that verse and say it over little events in their lives. We buy cute decorations with the verse on them. It is cute and good to remember, but do we really know how to not worry about tomorrow? That verse gets increasingly harder to live out when there is a real-world problem attached to it. Letting go and learning how to surrender our worries to God is hard when we are not with God fully.

My Example of Worry

One of the biggest parts of my testimony is when I struggled with worry and anxiety at the beginning of my pregnancy. The word testimony means “do it again”, so my encouragement to you is that God can do the exact same in your life if you surrender your worry to Him. 

Finding out I was pregnant

I found out I was pregnant a month after our wedding, on my 23rd birthday. We were filled with disbelief and shock because we were “suppose” to struggle to get pregnant. That day we celebrated our little munchkin and imagined how our world would be changed for the better. However, I was filled with worry the very next day. Worry about miscarrying in particular. It was taking over my thoughts, and my daily activities and honestly it was taking away the joy I was supposed to be experiencing. 

What I was doing with my worry

Instead of looking to God and talking with my husband about my worry and anxiety, I would go on the internet. I would search for symptoms I was experiencing to know if they were normal. I would turn to the internet to see what my chances of miscarrying were, multiple times a day. Frantically, I was trying to find peace in the answers I found. Instead of finding peace, I found more anxiety. Sometimes I would call the doctors to ask questions. At one point, crying to the nurse saying I was scared of losing him. I searched all over the world for peace to know my baby was okay, but I found nothing other than more reasons to worry.

What I Should Have Done with My Worry

Going back to Matthew 6:34, the verse before that, 33, says Seek first His kingdom and righteousness… What Matthew is saying here, is to first look up to God and His promises. Instead of looking at the world for answers, for quick fixes, look to God. Instead of going to the internet or calling all the doctors, I should have first looked up to God. I should have asked God what He says about my worry. What He has planned for the baby. I should have completely surrendered my worry to God. I could have filled my head with His desires for the baby. Instead of searching for help from the internet, I could have found peace within Him.

If I Would Have Looked to God Right Away

The next part of that verse is, “and all these things will be given to you as well.” This is referring to what Matthew said in the previous verses. That God will give you clothes, food, and something to drink. That God will provide to those who seek Him. Likewise, He would give me peace if I would turn to Him and seek first His kingdom and righteousness. He would have reminded me of His promises and His desires for my life and the baby’s life. 

My Story Continued…

While I was worrying constantly and anxiety was taking over my life, I kept silent and told no one about this worry. I was not going to God with it. One Sunday, I was 6 weeks pregnant, and a worship song in church directed me to what I needed to do. I was so touched that I could not even sing along. The song is called, “Make Room” by Community Music. The lyrics discuss laying down every burden and surrendering to God. To make room for whatever God wanted to do. I had felt like I found my answer. I felt that God was giving me a huge hug saying that it will be okay if I just surrender my worry to Him.

​What happened after the worship moment

The weeks after that Sunday in church, I would present my worry to God about the health of the baby. Every time, He would repeat the same thing back to me. “I speak life, not death.” This to me, meant that he is in control of life. He will not speak death over my baby. That the worry I am fearing, the death of my baby, was not from him. God was not the one causing me to worry about death. He was the one who wanted this baby to live too and He was speaking truth and life into the baby’s life. Those words were such comfort. However, I had still not completely surrendered to Him. I was still worried and would pray every night over this baby. He patiently replied, “I speak life, not death.” 

Now, I could have surrendered right there in church worship, but I had no idea how to. I was so consumed with this worry. What does it look like to be in complete surrender? What does it look like to surrender an earthly problem? How do we completely surrender our worries to God?

The First Step of Total Surrender: Denying Ourselves

Before we can fully surrender to God, we must deny ourselves. We need to die to our old selves. Turn away from earthly things and the old way of living. Repent of past sins. This means we need to turn away from the desires of our flesh and our own way of living. The desires of our flesh are anger, envy, jealousy, or anything that goes against the fruits of the spirit. We need to be ready to fully give over our problems to God. To be fully ready to die to our whole, fleshly self. We can not go to the cross offering half of ourselves because we want to live in this world but to let go of a problem. Instead, we need to present ourselves at the cross and give it all to God. Leave your worries and hurts in God’s hands. We need to let go of our own will for our life and trust in the will of God.  

Next Step: Trusting God’s Plan and Letting Go

God has a will for our lives. While we want our life to go a certain way, a total act of surrender means that we do not get a say in the aspects of our lives. It means giving up all areas of our lives. Trusting God. Here is some encouragement though, remember that God wants great things for you. He has our best interest at heart but He also can see what we can not. We have to be okay with giving up our lives to Him. He is all-knowing and we can not comprehend everything that He is or knows. It should be comforting to know that He knows more than us so He can guide us better than we could on our own. He will provide for us. We have to give up our own understanding because it is childlike. This is an act of faith: to give up our lives. If we do, we will live under the protection of God. He will give you new hope. Trust in God’s way, even though you will never fully be able to comprehend it all. 

Practical Ways to Deny Ourselves and Trust in God’s Will:

One of the most important things to do is to get into the word of God. This needs to be a part of our daily lives. It speaks truth into your day and sets your focus on the kingdom of God. When you read the bible every day, it will show you the heart of God. It will give you discernment when you face challenges in this life because you can go back and point to the truth of Jesus. It renews your mind every time you sit with God and His word. 

Prayer. Prayer is constant communication. If we are in constant communication with our heavenly father, He will help guide us in our every day. You will have a closer relationship with him which makes it easier to go through hard times because you have Him speaking into your life. Remember that you are a child of God. He is our Father who wants to give us spiritual wisdom, but we can only get that if we have a close relationship with our Father. 

My True Surrender Moment: Surrendering My Worry to God

A few weeks after the Holy Spirit spoke to me during worship, I was journaling about it. That is when the Holy Spirit spoke to me again. He said that in order for me to totally surrender my worry, I must totally surrender my child. That sounds much scarier than it is. He was telling me that my baby is not mine. It is His. It is God’s baby. How much more does God love this child? He created the child in his image, with his unique design. I am just the vessel. I am the one who will be raising this baby, but ultimately, they are God’s children. To me, this was beyond comforting. That I can give my baby up to the Lord and He will guide me in raising him. That He can take all of my worries and leave me with peace. Not just any peace though, with total inner peace and comfort that can only be explained when experiencing God. 

What I Learned About God:

He is patient: He could have very easily been impatient with me. It took me months to finally surrender my worry to God. He waited patiently and spoke those words, “I speak life, not death.” over and over again. I do not know about you, but when I have to tell my kiddo something over and over again, I am not patient! God is patient with us. 

He is kind: He also could have quickly spoken harshly to me, saying my worry was small, it did not matter and to just stop worrying already. Instead, he was so kind to me. He spoke with gentleness.  

He is good: He was so good to me at that time. When I did not turn to him initially, he was still good. He did not question me when I finally turned to him, instead, he spoke to me with gentleness and patience and he was full of love. He welcomed me with open arms and cared about me. God’s goodness is real and available to everyone. He gave us free will, choose Him. 

Conclusion

It sounds scary to surrender our worry to God. As humans, we love control. I love control. However, the total peace you feel when you can surrender your worry, anxieties, problems, or troubles to the Lord is worth it. We are taking it completely out of our hands and giving it to the one person who loves us more than you can imagine. He will be by your side to help you deal with whatever you are surrendering. When we live a surrendered life, we receive peace and a mighty leader.

My Encouragement for you: 

One of the hardest parts of living for God is to surrender our worries to God. However, it is amazing how our God wants to help us. He has a deep love for each of us and he wants us to walk with him. Our end goal is eternal life. Let Him lead you through this life. In what areas of your life do you need to surrender back to him? What do you need to let control of? Sit in the word, and pray about it. God will lead you. 

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