@kentoo Said
Submission is not giving yourself. Nor is surrender an act of giving.
I don't think so. Your definition of "submission" even said ": an act of submitting to the authority or control of another". Your definition of "surrender" said ": to give (oneself) up into the power of another". Submission is submitting (synonym: giving) yourself to the authority of another. Surrender (synonym: giving) even uses "give" in the definition. Its giving yourself to someone else's authority.
God wants us to do both of these, mostly because to do one is really to do the other, doing both. And by doing so, we are giving ourselves to Him, the ultimate authority, to use as He sees fit.
"Faith without works is dead". This is said in the Bible. A lot. So if you believe in God, with all of your heart, the only natural reaction would be to give yourself to him. There would be the only work you would remotely have a part in, really. Sure, your actions in other works would kind of include you, but those works would really be because of God.
I think that faith is really love. If you have faith in God, that he created the world, created you, loves you enough to die for you, than you believe in his love, in essence. And having true faith is not going out and doing all this stuff from your own power to show off, or to make yourself out to be better than anyone else. True faith, the faith shown by the old disciples and followers of Jesus, true faith there was just pure love.
As always, I love questions, and love to know if I don't make sense. I generally type these out in the morning, so there's always the chance that I make no sense whatsoever. I would like to know this.