PRAYER OF SURRENDER

 “Why get agitated?  Let me take care of all your business.  I shall be the one who will think about them.  I am waiting for nothing else than your surrender to Me. I intervene only when you know how to completely surrender to me, then you do not have to worry any more about anything.  Say farewell to all fears and discouragement. You demonstrate that you do not trust Me. On the contrary, you must rely blindly on Me.

To surrender means to turn your thoughts away from troubles to turn them away from the difficulties you encounter and from all your problems. Leave everything into My hands saying; Lord,Thy Will be done.  That is to say, “Lord, I thank you, for you have taken everything in your hands and you will resolve this for my highest good.”

Remember thinking of the consequence of a thing is contrary to surrender, that is to say, when you worry that a situation has not had the desired outcome.  You thus demonstrate that you do not believe in My love for you.  You will prove that you do not consider your life to be under My control and that nothing escapes Me. Never think; ‘how is this going to end? What is going to happen?’

If you give into this temptation you demonstrate that you do not trust Me. Do you want Me to deal with it, yes or no? Then you must stop being anxious.  I shall guide you only if you completely surrender to Me and when I must lead you into a different path than the one you expect, I will carry you in My arms.

What seriously upsets you is your reasoning, your worrying, your obsession, and your will to provide for yourselves at any price. I can do many things when the being, as much in his material necessities as in his spiritual ones - turns to Me saying: ‘You think of it,’ then closes his eyes and rests quietly. 

You pray to Me when in pain so that I intervene, but not in the way you desire it. You do not rely on Me but you want Me to adjust to your request. Do not behave like some sick people who ask for a treatment from a doctor, all the time suggesting it to him.  Do not do that, but rather even in sad circumstances say:” Lord I praise and thank you for this problem, for this necessity, I pray you arrange things as you please for this terrestrial and temporal life….  You know very well what is best for me.”

Sometimes you feel that disasters increase instead of diminishing.  Do not get agitated, close your eyes and say with faith: ‘Thy will be done.’  When you thus speak I even accomplish a miracle when necessary.  I only think of it when you trust Me totally - I always think of you, but I can only help you completely when you rely fully on Me.”

-  Sathya Sai Baba