selfish surrender

This title may seem strange to read but this can be so completely true.  Why do you choose to surrender whatever you are called to surrender to God?  Is it possessions?  Singleness?  Finances?  Family?  What is God calling you to surrender?  Now, when He asks us to surrender, did you know that we are not supposed to bargain with God?  Many decide that when they surrender their desires to God that He will automatically return the favor in fulfilling the desires almost as soon as the desires are His again.  Um, not true.  There are so many out there (and I cannot explain this to any of them without hurt on the other side) that believe that when they give something to God, that they are going to expect something almost immediately in return.  A lot of the reason why God asks us to give things to Him is so that we can selfLESSLY serve Him.  When we expect Him to give us our desires back in a timely manner then we are not holding God to the standard that He calls us to.  God promised us that He would be with us if we gave our everything to Him.  He did not promise comfort, security, marriage, family, wealth.  None of that.  He just promised that He would walk with us every step of the way.  When we start putting God in a box that He is automatically going to pull through because you gave something up to Him, then He will probably hold out that completing or giving back our desires because we actually have not given Him everything.  We still hold out that as soon as we "stop looking" then it's going to be given to us.  Ha.  I have done this and sometimes still do.  But, have you noticed that nothing has happened yet?  It's probably because you still have one eye looking around instead of both on God.  Like I said I do this too.  When we surrender anything and everything to Him, He wants us to give our all, not just part of it.  So we need to give and surrender selflessly.  Surrendering selflessly basically means to give God everything and just live for Him.  Not holding out hope that the future that you have been waiting for is right around the corner.  But, more living your life that whatever happens is all for the glory of Him.  When we basically forget about the world and live for Him, SELFLESSLY, that's when He is able to grant our desires because He knows that we don't NEED those, but He wants to bless us with them because we are faithfully following His commands.  So, I will challenge myself as well as you to selflessly surrender your life and your all to the glory of God's kingdom.