The Great Surrender

"Jesus therefore, knowing all things that would come upon Him, went forward and said to them, 'Whom are you seeking?'"

-- John 18:4

"Jesus of Nazareth," they said. "We're seeking Jesus of Nazareth."

Even in His surrender, Jesus Christ knocked His captors to the ground, literally.

"I am He."

John says that at those words, the detachment of troops and officers, bearing lanterns, torches and weapons, drew back and fell to the ground.

The moment changed our eternity. You'd expect it to be somewhat earth-shaking.

What you can't miss here is that Jesus does the same thing in our lives upon our surrender.

Upon our confession that Jesus "is He", he knocks down our captors. He's already won the battle. He takes it from there.

His journey to the cross was for all mankind, any who would come to call on His name. Free for the taking, given at the highest cost.

This was His great joy. This was His surrender for His beloved.

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"Then I was beside Him as a master craftsman; And I was daily His delight, Rejoicing always before Him, rejoicing in His inhabited world. And my delight was with the sons of men." -- Proverbs 8:30-31