Good morning all,
The word of the day is “submit.” I think that the Christian
culture is one of the only places where this is considered a good word. We live
in this crazy world where we are taught not to submit to anybody, but be our own
person. Now, I'm not here to make a case either way but what I am saying is
that submitting to God is something that is pertinent and required in our
faith. James tells his hearers in this passage how important it is to submit to
God so that life can be lived to the fullest. Submission is not a bad thing,
but good when you know how to understand it and apply it to your life.
“Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he
will flee from you. Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your
hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. Grieve, mourn
and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom. Humble
yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.”
~Jam. 4:7-10
My question for you is: how well do you do when it comes to
submitting? I mean, think about it. Whether you are in the military, or any
other place in life where you have some kind of boss, one of the tough parts of
your job is submitting. How many of us have been in a situation where we
thought something needed to go a certain way and then the boss came in and told
us we are going to do it another way? Now, you may have been right or you may
have been wrong. That was not really the issue. The issue was that you were
called to submit. A lot of us have a problem with that. I know for a lot of my
life I had a problem with submitting. It was not until I got myself a good
mentor that I was able to navigate through these situations. God calls us to
submit to his word and the way that he thinks that we should live life. Yeah,
there are some things that are vague in the Bible and we can debate one way or
the other. But when you have a good mentor, and others in your life who help
you apply the word, then most things should really be right in front of you. My
prayer is that you learn to submit to God's word and the plan that he has for
your life.
Mo
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