A Life time of surrender

You may be thinking I gave my life to Christ years ago; tell me something new.
Here's what's new for many, That initial surrender to Christ ( which we often refer to as the point of salvation) was not the end of the story . In fact, it was really the starting place .
That point of surrender simply set the stage for a lifetime of surrender .Having surrendered our lives to Christ as Saviour and Lord . we must now learn what it means to live out a surrendered life- to continually say no to self and yes to GOD.
Many christians live perpetually discouraged, defeated lives because they have never realized ( and therefore are not living out ) the implications of their initial surrender to Christ . Having once surredered control of their lives to Chrsit, they have reverted to trying to manage their own lives . As a result , they are living out of alignment with the Lord who created , redeemed, and owns them.
It may be that even at this moment you are living in a chapter called "Unsurrendered." Oh, that may not describe your whole way of life-you can probably point to specific areas where you are obeying God. But could it be that there are some issues on which you are reserving the right to control your life?
taken from the book brokenness and surrender ( nancy leigh demoss) paged 143 to 144)