Defeat or subjugation, action of surrendering in a battle to the opposite side. In military terms, one speaks of a decision by one of the troops to give up, stopping fighting and recognizing that his opponent has won in combat, it is almost always a way to reach better terms on peace. In religion there is talk of a sublime surrender, it is a step to reach a path of holiness and integration of a material life, to achieve a balance.
It is a teaching of religion, to leave all will over our life in the hands of the creator, by saying "let your will be done", we are accepting the good of God before our own imperfect vision, it is surrendering to a divine will, before own will. The example of surrender are the angels, they are pure spirits, they are messengers at the service of a creator, not suffering the decisions to do their own will, due to the passage of historyMany examples of surrender have been known, one of the most striking in the military field was that of the city of Breda, which in the 80-year war, was besieged by the Nassau government, obtaining it under the command of Ambrosio Spìnola, this happened in the years 1625, in Spain; that decades later it was recorded in a work of art by the artist Diego Velázquez called “The surrender of Breda”, which is on display in the Prado museum in Madrid.
Surrender comes because of not being able or not knowing how to face such a life situation, if a city surrenders itself, its inhabitants are treated as traitors and are bowed to the will of a tyrant, applying a deserved punishment for their betrayal, in spirituality to the surrender your steps to God, and recognize that you have failed he purifies the sinner and vindicates him before his eyes with love and mercy, penance would be to seek the good and the transformation of a life in holiness, in either of the two cases surrender is the effect of leaving your will in the hands of others.
