Submitting to Who?

Some of you may be wondering why I am choosing this topic to discuss on the blog. Maybe you're thinking, "Really? How old fashioned is she?" or "Doesn't she know how controversial that is?" Perhaps from the world's standpoint it is foolishness to bring up such a topic, but I can not ignore that God's Word commands us to do it. I don't want to ignore commands in God's Word.

Jesus says in John 14:21 "Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves me. He who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love him and show myself to him."

I love Jesus. I want to be loved by the Father and by Him and I want Jesus to show himself to me. Therefore, I will obey him.

And I want us to obey him, be loved and enlightened together. So, come what may, we are going to discuss this sticky topic on the internet : )

First and foremost, we have to understand that we are called to submit to God. On our own, we are sinful people that are enemies of God. But by God's grace demonstrated through Jesus' death on the cross, we can humble ourselves, confess our sins, turn away from them and choose to live our lives in a way that brings glory to God.

By doing those things, we are submitting to God. We are saying that He is in authority and we are not. We are saying that His ways are better than ours. We are saying that we want what He wants for us more than what we want for ourselves.

True Christians are actively submitting their entire lives to God.

Before we can begin looking at wives submitting to their husbands we must ask ourselves, "Am I submitting all of myself to God?"

Well, are you?

James 4:7-10

New International Version 1984 (NIV1984)

⁷ Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. ⁸ Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. ⁹ Grieve, mourn and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom. ¹⁰ Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.