“Absolute surrender involves giving up our desires, goals and preferences to God and accepting God’s will, regardless of how difficult it may be. Another adjustment we must make to do God’s will is reaching a place of total dependence on God. Jesus said, “You can do nothing without Me” (John 15:5). As God’s servants we must be in that intimate relationship so He will complete His work through us. We must depend on God alone. When we surrender our lives completely, we become totally dependent on Him. then we understand that, apart from Him, we can do nothing. We must learn to live in constant awareness of our absolute reliance on God if He is to accomplish His purposes through us. This adjustment requires a shift from doing good work for God according to our abilities, gifts, goals, likes, and dislikes to being totally dependent on God, His working, and His resources. I requires courage and faith.”
Henry Blackaby in Experiencing God: Knowing and Doing the Will of God, revised and expanded (Nashville: B & H Publishing, 2008) 233.