If you watched last week's video, I shared my testimony of the darkest period of my life. I shared my story of a storm that God led me through to get to where I am today. What I shared was a Birds Eye view of what I went through and what I mean by that is there are a lot of elements to the story that I didn’t share. One of those elements was my surrender experiment. You may be asking yourself right now, what is a surrender experiment? A surrender experiment is to surrender to what life is presenting to you in the present moment, no matter if it’s good or bad. It’s basically an experiment of letting go of all of your personal fears and desires to let life run its course. I talked briefly about my time in surrender in the “Let go & Let God video, but we will go a little deeper today.
Discovering the Power of Letting Go: Insights from "The Surrender Experiment" by Michael A. Singer
I was first introduced to the idea of surrendering to life when I read Michael A. Singer’s “The Surrender Experiment” last year. The book is an autobiography where the author tells his story of what happened when he had a deep spiritual awakening and just decided to start letting God do his work. There were all these events that happened in his life that led him to become a billionaire. Some of these events were events he initially had doubt about but through letting go of his desire for control, he saw great success.
Learning to Surrender: A Journey from Control to Acceptance
I’m a pretty avid reader and after each book or while I am reading it; I try my best to have at least one thing I apply to my life in the current moment.. The habit of surrender was one that took me a long time to learn because I feel the most secure in life when I feel like I am in control. It wasn’t until I had no other choice but to surrender when I started on my journey of letting life work itself out.
I remember my time of surrender like it was yesterday. The overwhelming feeling of burnout and anxiety that I was carrying still feels real today. I was in a coffee shop with one of my current business partners, but at this moment we had just started working together. I struggled with trusting people at this time because of a recent experience with a failed business relationship . There seemed to be some issues going on with the first deal that we were working on together and it was looking like it might not come through. I grew suspicious that this was going to be another tarnished relationship and I instantly became emotional. It felt like everything hit me at once. I just broke down crying in the middle of the coffee shop. I was tired. I was exhausted. I didn’t know what to do.
Business Partner's Empathy and Generosity Reinforces Faith in Overcoming Challenges
My business partner listened to me and resonated with my emotions because he had once been there himself. He reached into his wallet and said “something told me to grab extra money today.” and he handed me all the cash he had in his wallet and said “it’s going to be alright”. It was $1400 dollars. This happened like a month after I got the donation from my church so it was enough for me to understand that God was going to work it out for me, it was just a matter of time.
The process of surrender is continuous and sometimes can feel impossible, but if you let God do his thing, it will work out in your favor. After receiving the donation from my church and the money from my business partner, there were more events that I surrendered to that led to more levels of success. My experience with the surrender experiment has taught me that life doesn't happen to you—it happens for you. It’s taught me when you surrender, you create space for miracles. It’s taught me that when you try to remain in control, you delay progress.
Embrace a 30-Day Surrender Experiment: Trust Life Over Control
For those who are listening, I encourage you to do a 30 day surrender experiment. Step out of the driver's seat and let God take the wheel. You can expect for this to be uncomfortable at first, but the real power isn’t in controlling life—it’s in trusting it. Have a great rest of your week.