The Surrender Novena is a Misnomer

There is a ubiquitous line in the Catholic medication world that says:

Surrender to God and he will do everything for you.

It's bad theology.

I wish whoever writes these meditations, or repeats them, such as the Surrender Novena does, would explain to me how this line in any way, at any time, anywhere, makes any rational sense to the Christian. 

Better still where is it in the Bible or  the Catholic Catechism, or even the teachings of the Early Church Fathers?

If you take the words seriously, it embraces a worldview that rejects personal responsibility, and blames God for the individual's laziness. When you refuse to do what is reasonably expected of you and chaos results, you can blame God, for God didn't do it for you. The line means sit back, do nothing, and your Daddy in heaven will dress you, cloth you, and repair the roof on your house. 

Of course that can't be want it means because Christian teaching and the Bible are full of warnings about being responsible, making good decisions, ad performing good works to back up your faith, and waiting patiently for God to change your mind or to bring it about through natural means, perhaps in years to come. There is an aspect of our will needing to align with God's will. 

But "Surrender to God and he will do everything for you" sure sounds like the Protestant shibboleth "faith alone," which literally means "do nothing but just sit there and mentally believe that God is your servant and magic genie in a bottle." 

Of course "faith aloneites" would distance themselves from such a stupid interpretation. 

Isn't that what the words say? 

What should they say? 

Why don't they say what they should say?

Let's fix this. 

Dave Rubin & Frank Turek Breakthrough Dialogue on Atheism and Christianity

There are indications that society is waking up to transcendent truth. Dave Rubin, former comedian and politically conservative commentator, hosted Frank Turek, a most articulate Christian apologist, on his LOCALS podcast today. It was a breakthrough dialogue.  If you don't know, Dave has changed from being a progressive liberal to staunch conservative over the course of this career. He's respected in politically conservative circles for his determination to engage people of all political walks in respective dialogue on controversial topics. He toured with Jordan Peterson during Jordan's first worldwide book tour for "12 Rules for Life." So, this conversation is fascinating to watch and listen to, especially since Dave is gay...although you wouldn't know it unless you heard him say so, which he rarely does. I suspect that when he hosts a Christian there's a prior agreement to steer clear of Dave's so-called "marriage" for the sake of civility. The consequence is a respectful dialogue about everything else—values, history, politics, culture, and religion—watched by many of his nearly 2 million YouTube subscribers.