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6 Ways Surrender Leads to Holistic Transformation

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22 May

There are loads of things, endless variables and countless ways we evolve and transform as humans. I’m sure you could quickly rattle off a few good things and a few bad that pushed you to make changes. Now, whether or not they stick is another thing entirely!

As you survey changes in your life, I’m willing to bet that many were motivated by something outside of your faith. And that’s okay. Often, discipline and intention are sufficient change agents especially for short term changes and goal driven behavior.

But what about bigger changes? The ingrained habits and ways we respond to difficult situations often come from past hurts. We all have a pain point that drives us to our faith. Even for those of us raised up in a faith, there is an event in our lives that pushes us to seek our own personal relationship with God.

Here in this space today, I want to hone in on how surrender unlocks a Holistic Transformation in Christ. No level of discipline or good intention compares to the catalytic power of the grace and mercy in Christ Jesus! Any pain point we have, is remedied in his love. This holistic transformation does not mislead or let down. It makes us fully new and lets us thrive in all aspects of life.

 

Surrender to christ Leads to Holistic Transformation

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Surrender to christ Leads to Holistic Transformation
6 Ways Surrender Leads to Holistic Transformation
1. Mind, Body, Spirit Healing
2. sustained change
3. intentional faith development
4. Pray continually and never lose heart
5. have life and have it abundantly
6. Awareness that we are called to action
holistic transformation through surrender

His presence at creation, the lessons on love, his gift at the cross and our eternal access to the triunal God, all make Jesus the ultimate change agent. 

Holistic transformation is within reach through the surrender of our entire self and the reciprocal renewing of our minds in Christ Jesus (Romans 12:1-2). We can’t parcel ourselves out and expect holistic transformation. God’s love-light needs to shine on every nook and cranny.

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6 Ways Surrender Leads to Holistic Transformation

1. Mind, Body, Spirit Healing

Nothing we surrender to Christ is left unchanged!

Total mind, body, spirit healing is possible through holistic transformation. It isn’t instantly remedying of ingrained issues but the more we surrender, the more access God’s love has within us.

The verses above from Romans 12 remind us our minds are capable of transformation and renewal, revealing what is good and pleasing and perfect to an ever-present, loving God. Our thoughts receive quality training when we submit them to God’s version of good, pleasing and perfect!

The love we receive from God allows us to more perfectly love others and ourselves. If forgiveness of another person or oneself is needed, surrender allows us to emulate the forgiveness we’ve received from Jesus. Often, forgiving ourselves and others leads to gratitude, which we know has numerous physical healing benefits.

Surrendering our emotional pain points to God also brings healing and holistic transformation to our spirit. The way we see God, ourselves and others are all changed. There is freedom in letting go. With God holding our right hand, knowing we are seen and supported, we find letting go with the left a pure and healing release (Isaiah 41:13, Psalm 56:8).

With God holding our right hand, knowing we are seen and supported, we find letting go with the left a pure and healing release (Is 41:13). tell a friend

 

2. sustained change

When we’re working in our own strength to make holistic transformation happen, we often have internal power struggles between what we want long term and what we want right this second. There are many variables that affect the outcome on that specific day.

Surrendering the full self to God, however, sets the stage for sustained change. Similar to the Enneagram Institute’s Levels of Development, a holistic faith in Christ doesn’t point out your flaws and leave you there in shame. There are no corners we’re backed into. There is no throwing up of the hands in defeated defense, “it’s just who I am“.

Surrender to God brings holistic transformation in that his spirit works on changing our heart so we desire and reflect more of him and less of us (John 3:30).

It is important to remember the spirit’s work in us is progressive and evolutionary. The something more-ness of Christ, his ability and willingness to fully envelope us in his love, nurtures us to see more and love more. Surrender allows for rhythmic sustained change and growth.

3. intentional faith development

So those first two points put much of the work on Father, Son and Holy Spirit. So beautiful that we are invited to lean in to this spiritual work and reap the countless benefits. We do, however, have our own accountability in the process of holistic transformation.

We must humble ourselves.

Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. (1 Peter 5:6-7 NIV)

We must remain in Christ.

Remain in Me, and I in you. Just as a branch is unable to produce fruit by itself unless it remains on the vine, so neither can you unless you remain in Me. (John 15:4 HCSB)

We must choose Christ again and again (not be surprised that we have to do so!).

Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will save it. (Luke 9:23-24 NIV, italics added)

Jesus was the once and for all sacrifice for the world’s sin. The only thing we need to do at the beginning of our walk with Christ is believe in and accept this gift. Nothing can reverse his fulfillment of the salvation promise. We don’t need to be like high-school me praying and re-praying for salvation insurance at every turn. Upon acceptance, that work is finished!

For growth purposes though, for intentional faith development and true holistic transformation, we do have choices to make. Surrender requires recurrence. Faith development is a choice. 

 

4. Pray continually and never lose heart

Recurring surrender lends itself to continuous, comtemplative prayer.  God is present in all places and all points in time whether or not we recognize this phenomenon. There’s nothing we do to plus or minus his presence. With fresh renewal, however, we see God more fully in the world around us. There’s amped awareness of his unending presence. We know in our bones that his presence is available continually, even when it isn’t felt. This spiritual knowledge is such a gift in holistic transformation.

Deep calls to deep
in the roar of your waterfalls;
all your waves and breakers
have swept over me. (Psalm 42:7 NIV)

The Passion Translation words this verse, “My deep need calls out to the deep kindness of your love.” This speaks volumes about contemplative prayer. The deep need of the human spirit speaks to and hears from the deep, boundless energetic spirit of God.  In continued surrender our spirit is open to God and communicates with his spirit. Said another way, we pray continually and never lose heart!

 

5. have life and have it abundantly

All this surrender doesn’t leave us empty handed, bored or alone.

A thief comes to steal and kill and destroy, but I came to give life—life in all its fullness. (John 10:10 NIV)

Short but oh, so sweet. This verse sums it up! In surrendering our full self to the life giver, we receive life in full.

Sacrifice vs. Surrender

Sometimes we confuse sacrifice and surrender.

Sacrifice, while a type of surrender, indicates loss or destruction of what is offered. This is the crux of the cross. The final sacrifice done on our behalf destroyed the power of sin and death.

Surrender indicates a yielding of oneself and is an ongoing process. Yielding to holistic transformation allows us to have life and have it abundantly! This full life includes fullness of joy, finding sacred in the everyday, and contentment that is not based on circumstance.

 

6. Awareness that we are called to action

Being in an active state of surrender doesn’t pull us away from life or mute the call to action. Contemplative prayer can of course be done in our quiet space, but it is also our state of living, moving and full existence (Acts 17:28 NABRE).

The Bible is full of verses calling us to action. Carrying one another’s burdens, looking after widows, orphans and prisoners, feeding the hungry, caring for our planet, forgiving, lending when you don’t expect a return, it goes on. But none of these indicate holistic transformation if they’re not done in love. This passage sums up the whole vision for holistic transformation best in its call to love and act with daily intention.

Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. (Colossians 3:12-17 ESV)

Just like surrender, love is not so much about feelings. Both require action! This passage can act as our guidepost, highlighting how far we’ve come and how much more we have available to surrender. I suspect we will never run out of things to present in surrender!

 

holistic transformation through surrender

Holistic transformation requires both acceptance and action; acknowledging a need for change and actualizing intentional surrender to the growth process.

Surrendering to Christ is the skeleton key for unlocking your holistic transformation. Just don’t rush the process. He makes all things beautiful in its time (Ecclesiastes 3:11). That certainly includes you, beloved!

 

In fullness,

 

 

 

 

For more on the concepts that guide this blog, check out the About Holistic Faith page.

I find these resources supportive of a path to Holistic Transformation through Surrender to Christ.

 

 

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  1. LeeAnn says

    05/30/2019 at 8:03 pm

    Surrendering to God means giving it ALL to Him. Every pain, every fear, every worry, every doubt. When we can fully surrender to Him, we can rest better knowing that His plan will play out just as He intended.

    Reply
    • Rachel@HolisticFaithLifestyle says

      05/30/2019 at 8:28 pm

      Yes! I don’t know about you, but I’m naturally prone to taking all the scary stuff to God & then holding back with the hopes & dreams. It’s taken time and his work in me to realize he really does want us to seek him in ALL of it so he can love us through ALL of it. 💕

      Reply
  2. Cecily says

    05/31/2019 at 3:54 pm

    SO many great lines in this post. I absolutely love your perspective. This was one of my favorite lines: “Surrender to God brings holistic transformation in that his spirit works on changing our heart so we desire and reflect more of him and less of us.” Surrender. That’s huge!

    Reply
    • Rachel@HolisticFaithLifestyle says

      06/09/2019 at 10:59 am

      It really is! And you really helped drive home the point to me that it’s so huge it needs to be continual! It’s definitely not a one and done process. We have to continually surrender.

      Reply
  3. Cindy Singleton says

    06/03/2019 at 12:28 am

    I’m constantly learning how to truly surrender everything to God. It’s easy to surrender some things but you’re right: the best transformation comes when we can surrender every facet of our lives to God. Good food for thought.

    Reply
    • Rachel@HolisticFaithLifestyle says

      07/15/2019 at 5:09 pm

      Thanks, Cindy! I’m glad there are so many of us in this community so we can encourage each other in holistic transformation. It takes a lot of intention to bring ourselves fully, but so worth it!

      Reply
  4. Haley Cooper says

    06/16/2019 at 2:12 pm

    Daily surrender is definitely a struggle. Giving God our pains, our hurts, our worries, and our doubts is so important in our walk with Him. When we surrender, we draw closer to Him and can rest in His peace and joy.

    Reply
    • Rachel@HolisticFaithLifestyle says

      06/22/2019 at 8:48 am

      The effort required changes daily! Such a comfort and relief to know we’re never alone in our struggle and God is always willing to take up our slack. That’s where the real “holistic transformation” happens — us plus Christ. Because there, nothing is missed!

      Reply
  5. Lanalda says

    07/14/2019 at 3:13 pm

    I just ordered The Sacred Enneagram through your post. I’m looking forward to learn more about this concept.

    Reply
    • Rachel@HolisticFaithLifestyle says

      07/15/2019 at 5:11 pm

      That’s awesome! Thanks for letting me know! I hope you enjoy it. I found it to be a real eye opener and love the way this author brings Jesus in to the Enneagram philosophy.

      Reply

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I learned to pick it in the morning as that’s when it’s taste was less bitter, put it in smoothies, salads, atop pizza and mixed into stir fry‘s. And repeatedly affirmed it as kale.

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About a year ago, I planted seeds of Red Russian Kale, Dinosaur Kale, and Broccoli along the side of our back deck.

And when soon after the plant with the red stems came through the soil I presumed it was the Red Russian.

I learned to pick it in the morning as that’s when it’s taste was less bitter, put it in smoothies, salads, atop pizza and mixed into stir fry‘s. And repeatedly affirmed it as kale.

At least until it grew hardy enough and tall enough to crown itself with these yellow flowers and positively affirm, I  A M  B R O C C O L I.

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#limitingbeliefsbegone #eastersunday2021 #littleresurrections #identityinchrist #identityrealitycheck #morethanicouldask #godinthegarden #godinnature #godstories #graceupongrace #merciesneweverymorning #goodfriday #silentsaturday #recklessloveofgod #heisrisen
Oh, man. Today’s #littleresurrection began Sunda Oh, man. Today’s #littleresurrection began Sunday night. A dear friend sent me a song saying, this song “screams Rachel to me. Maybe it’s God wanting you to know this. You are so loved!!”

And this many days later it’s still leveling me to a tearful mess in the resurrection of my instinctive, cellular level recognition of God’s provision.

The link she sent me was for “Jireh”, performed by Elevation Worship & Maverick City. It’s just a YouTube search away if you want to give it a go.

***around the 6:10 mark (there’s a lot of spirit-filled soul scripting that’s so nourishing to me at this juncture!) Naomi Raine recounts, “if he dresses the lilies with beauty and splendor, how much more will he clothe you?”. 
And that’s where the tears start, as shown in pic 2. I spare you the full come apart sobbing that follows shortly after. 

So today in the hammock, where I’m safely held, I asked God, why of all the beautiful lyrics is this the one that keeps leveling me and then resurrecting me in hope?

God said it’s not the physical clothes you needed a reminder on, it’s the spiritual.

Then led me here:
“She is clothed in strength & dignity. She laughs without fear of the future.” Proverbs 35:21

Guys, it’s been a real stormy season and I am thankful God is constantly working out the come back story. And using friends to make sure I don’t forget it. 

Be blessed! 🙏🏼

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New life popping up through the old, raggedy edged New life popping up through the old, raggedy edged life counts as my first little resurrections experience this Holy Week.

I’ve struggled to keep this “easy to grow” “low maintenance” plant happy. But soon after I recorded this week’s Easter Meditation with the challenge to look for #littleresurrections, I saw this. And smiled deep.

I see what you did there, Spirit. There’s no failure or shortcoming I create where you aren’t present and working it all for good for those who love you.

What little resurrections are you seeing? Share below or tag me in your posts. I crave alllll the goodness!

See the video clip where I explain this idea in yesterday’s post @holisticfaithlifestyle. 

#holyweek2021 #newdaynewmercy #neweverymorning #renewyourmind #thinkonthesethings #abundantlife #easterweek #lookingforgod #godinnature #godintheordinary #seekingsacred #sacredeverywhere #spiritspeakstothosewholisten #spiritspeaks #holyspiritcome
Today's Holistic Faith Meditation includes a post- Today's Holistic Faith Meditation includes a post-practice encouragement to look for small resurrections during Holy Week. 

Check out this clip for what I mean by that and why asking the Spirit for this awareness brings recurring renewal.

I'll be posting some of what Spirit brings to my awareness throughout the week. Tag @holisticfaithlifestyle if you do the same!

See the full video: 
1) Click the link in @holisticfaithlifestyle profile. 
2) Choose the YouTube Meditations button.

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“When I make it happen.” Staying in touch wit “When I make it happen.”

Staying in touch with God, holding awareness, and praying continually is incredibly good. But we need a balance of foundational, focused, sit down, quiet Bible study time. So necessary for staying grounded! And it only happens when we make it happen.

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Throughout the Bible, hyssop is used physically an Throughout the Bible, hyssop is used physically and symbolically. This was highlighted for me this week in Lysa Terkeurst’s study, “It’s Not Supposed to Be This Way.”

In the Old Testament, God instructed the Israelites to use hyssop in ceremonial cleansing, purifying a home infested with mold, and as a paint brush to mark their homes safe or pure as followers of Yahweh to avoid the final and most severe of the 10 Egyptian plagues.

And in a fulfillment of prophecy in the New Testament, Roman soldiers used a branch of hyssop to raise a sponge soaked in wine vinegar to taunt Jesus and exacerbate his thirst as he hung on the cross. 

Lysa used this “purple thread” of hyssop that’s woven through the Bible to illustrate that whether we’re on the receiving end of someone else’s sin or it’s sin we’ve created ourselves, Jesus heals the consequences.

As she talked, I remembered Hyssop’s description and knew there was a meaningful crossover! 

Hyssop’s essence form clears guilt, shame, and self-sabotage, as well as the barriers these emotions create toward receiving abundance. Hyssop is also indicated for those who grew up in guilt-based religious systems which has created obstacles to accessing a relationship with Creator.

As a Christian energy healer, these reminders never stop flooring me. We are loved and healing in every sense of the word has always been key for the Ancient of Days. 

Hyssop can be found in my sister page’s Self-Aid flower essence blend. Self-Aid is a self-sabotage anti-venom & a powerful support for limiting beliefs work. 

Just follow the @commongoodfloweressences profile link for more info!

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