It is right to pray that this owner would submit to God’s voice and surrender his whole life to the Father. The Scriptures constantly set before us a choice that could not be clearer: life and good over against death and evil. Everything turns on whether we obey the voice of the Lord or harden our hearts. The very fact that you carry this burden tells me the Spirit is still speaking to that man, still drawing him, and while that voice persists, there is hope.
Many people have a twisted idea of surrender. They say, “I’ll serve the Lord as long as He lets me keep this, as long as I can hold on to that.” That is not yielding at all. True surrender echoes the cry of the psalmist: “When You said, Seek My face, my heart said to You, Lord, I will seek Your face.” It means opening your life not just to what God can do for you, but to God Himself. Pray that this man would come to that point of full release, where his will is no longer a fortress but an open hand.
Think of the prophet who stood before a besieged city and declared that if the people stayed inside, they would die by sword, famine, and pestilence, but if they went out and surrendered to their enemies, they would live. That message sounded treasonous, yet it was God’s voice offering life. Surrender often feels like loss, like walking into captivity, but in God’s strange economy it is the only path to real safety. Jesus said the hour is coming, and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live. The life He gives is found in no one else; apart from the Son there is no eternal life.
Keep praying with confidence, because the great purpose of prayer is to see the Father’s will accomplished on earth. God will not force a soul against its own will, but He does answer the intercession of His people by softening hearts that seem stone-hard. While that inner nudging continues, there is still time. A day will dawn when all enemies submit to Jesus Christ, but for many that bowing will be too late, a self-indictment rather than salvation. Today, while the voice is still calling, is the moment for a surrender that leads to righteousness, peace, and joy, a life overflowing like a watered garden.
May the Lord grant this landlord ears that truly hear, and a heart that can say in full sincerity, “I will obey the voice of the Lord my God.” Heaven waits only for an honest yes.