Related commentaries – Surrender

Joash Repairs Solomon’s Temple – II Kings 12:1 – 12:21

The Difference Between Commitment And Surender

What is the difference between commitment and surrender? When you make a commitment, you are still in control, no matter how noble the thing you commit to. One can commit to pray, to study the Bible, to give his money, or to commit to automobile payments, or to lose weight. Whatever he chooses to do, he commits to. But surrender is different. If someone holds a gun and asks you to lift your hands in the air as a token of surrender, you don’t tell that person what you are committed to. You simply surrender and do as you are told. (Source Unknown. Lou Nicholes - Missionary/Author)