Submission To God

 

All around us is mystery.
Uncertainty.
We don't have all the answers.
Not one of us does.

And on a Tuesday morning in May my heart feels heavy.

“God, there’s still so much to do.  And yet I don't know what you would have me do.”

It's the honest cry of my heart as of late.

That one along with this, “God, what are You doing?”
And even still… “What is MY role in Your plan?”

Submission is an interesting word.

The word submit, by definition means this, “to yield, resign, or surrender to the power, will, or authority of another; to give up resistance; to yield without murmuring.”

It’s the Jesus way of living.  It’s how He did it.
Scripture tells us that He submitted to the authority of His Father even unto death.

James 4:7 tells us that we are to, “Submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee.”
And still somehow we forget that first part.
"Submit to God.”

Just submit.
Fully yield.
Resign.
Surrender.
Give up resistance.
Yield without murmuring.

And yet it seems so difficult when all seems so uncertain and unstable.

But submitting is admitting that I can not do this on my own.
Submitting is placing trust in the One who sees the bigger picture.
Submitting is surrendering the need to know now, that which will only make sense then.

Submission requires my full compliance even when the outcome is still shrouded in mystery.  Even when there are still more answers than questions.  It’s allowing His Holy work to be done in and through me to deliver divine results that only He can accomplish.

- Wendy Bender, Inspire Ministries, 2021