A high school open house with my wife and son, a special father-daughter birthday trip to an out of town concert, a new public relations firm engagement to share the Music to Light the World story nationally, and ordering 5,000 “December Peace” CDs to be donated to children with cancer in 70 hospitals across the U.S. All of these have been interwoven into life in a 24-hour span of time, and they have all required me to surrender. One aspect of growing in surrender is learning I cannot “push” things to happen. I have to have faith that God will “pull” things into being that He desires. I have to do my part in listening and following His voice, but then I have to surrender and trust Him to do His part.
I love the push and pull concept you describe here. I’ve often found myself trying to hand things over to God and coming back in a day or two with the “if you are going to take so long, I will handle it myself” attitude. His timing is always perfect.
Thank you for blessing so many with your words and music!