When I hear the word yield, I first think about merging traffic. Then I think about a return on investment or a crop production. The last thing I consider is to surrender or submit.

I was in the car by myself headed to western Minnesota. It was two hours in each direction. God had me help captive. He started showing me an option for my future that I wasn’t considering. He reminded me that I had been praying for only one door to open. After seven months of searching for the door, this was the only door open. He countered all of my arguments for not considering this option. As I reached my destination, I was wrecked. Was God asking me to do a 180 and do exactly what I had said I wasn’t going to do?

The first speaker at the event I was participating in started sharing about her journey in learning to yield to God. She explained that she was referring to the surrender definition not the slow down and merge definition. I casually looked toward the ceiling and thought, “God, are you kidding me?”

By the time I was driving back home it was clear that if this verse was real in my life, I simply needed to respond with, “Here am I; send me.”

 ⁸ Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” And I said, “Here am I; send me!” (Isaiah 6:8 NIV).

I am not quite that smart. On the drive, I claimed that the only way I could do this is with joy and energy. In that moment, I was reminded of all the aspects and people that brought me joy. I was broken. The last time God did this to me, I ended up endlessly grateful that I followed His call. I trust that following again will result in the same gratitude.

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