We give up!

"...Give yourselves to God... surrender your whole being to him to be used for righteous purposes." Romans 6:13 (TEV)

God is not a cruel slave driver, or a bully who uses brute force to coerce us into submission. He doesn't try to break our will, but woos us to himself, so that we might offer it freely to him. God is a Lover and a Liberator, and surrendering brings freedom, not bondage.

Today's Rick Warren devotional.