Dangerous Surrender
By: Kay Warren
Reviewed by Pat Beaty
In the forward to this book, Rick Warren states that “surrender
is not the best way to live; it is the only way”….and the author, his wife,
begins this worthy effort with the bold statement that, “everything I know
about a personal relationship with Jesus Christ begins and ends with surrender –
saying yes to God.” Further on, she answers the reader’s question: “Why add the
word dangerous to surrender?” declaring “Because we don’t surrender to a
benevolent but impotent grandfather figure; we surrender to almighty God, the
Creator and Sustainer of the universe.”
In the very personal narrative of her life, the author
describes her journey from “the kingdom of me” to giving her whole being to God
and her eventual work in ministry. She
works with HIV/AIDS patients and the millions of orphans whose parents died
from AIDS.
Ms. Warren refers to the life and events of various others,
as well as to statements of known writers, in her attempt to make clear our
primary needs: to deny ourselves and surrender to Him. She alludes frequently
to verses from the Bible, and she makes her point with transparency and in a
very conversational style of writing.
This work gives rise to much self-examination. Finally, how I can fail to recommend to you
such a wonderful Christian book.
For past reviews, go to patbeaty.blogspot.com.
December 26, 2014
