Our fears are not about submitting, they are about losing control. Losing control of our:
- decisions
- family/marriage
- career
- rights
- privileges
- money
- lifestyle
Reflect back to Genesis and when Eve was tempted by the serpent. The temptation was to be like God, to know what He knows, to control what He controls. Eve chose control over submission and we have struggled with it since then.
I have found in my walk these past 30 years with the Lord, the way is easier when I choose submission over control. Currently, I'm struggling with an issue that my husband and God have asked me to submit on. I have been back and forth about submitting in this area. When I take control, I always mess it up. The times I submit: I feel less guilt, organized, relieved , less stressed, etc. YET the need for control has such a pull that I get off course. It has been a hard lesson that I could have learned sooner, if I had chose submission. Thank the Lord for His grace and for my husband's love and patience.I encourage you to let go of your fear of losing control. Take on the sweet spirit of submission as Christ did.
"Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus:
Who, being in very nature God,
did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,
but made himself nothing,
taking the very nature of a servant,
being made in human likeness.
And being found in appearance as a man,
he humbled himself
and became obedient to death—
even death on a cross." Phil. 2:5-8
Who, being in very nature God,
did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,
but made himself nothing,
taking the very nature of a servant,
being made in human likeness.
And being found in appearance as a man,
he humbled himself
and became obedient to death—
even death on a cross." Phil. 2:5-8
3 comments:
I am with you. I struggle with the losing control part also. I struggle with trusting God and my husband not to allow hurt, and even discomfort to come into my life. I want to think that I can trust God, but sometimes I really fail at trusting him. I don't understand why he allows things that hurt me to come into my life. It is hard to let go of control.
It is interesting what our mind struggles with....losing control. To be in control means we have to work, work to maintain everything under our control. We are in bondage. In reality, when we submit we are free.
What an exchange!
In walking with God, we have a lot of exchanges that might not make sense, but provide much contentment such as losing in order to gain.
Janice- That first step is the hardest. Sometimes there is hurt and risk of submitting, but I'm finding that when I do it there is a bigger blessing waiting.
Peggie-
You are so right. I'm learning how much more freedom there is when I let go of the control.
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