Surrender is not the opposite of inaction for me. Quite different things as I understand my program.
Surrender frees me to act without obsession over outcomes. It enables me to take the next right step without fear (or with less fear), and not presuppose the outcome.
By surrendering, I am taking my "feelings" out of the mix; removing doubt and worry from the equation. The adage of acting our way into right thinking vs. thinking our way into right action works through this.
By taking right actions without fear over the outcome (through surrender of that which I can't control) I get to divorce myself from the results business.
If in the morning I simply say to my higher power...."Whatever!?!" and at night say "Oh well" - I'm unchained from the regret, remorse, and resentments to which I naturally default.
I guess the long and short of it is that surrender inspires action......right action if I'm spiritually fit and eliminates doubt, worry, and the propensity to act outside of my values to achieve a result I want.