Why submit?

Submission is a Godly action, yet today, submission has become a bad word. However, the Apostle Paul taught that part of being wise is the posture of submission to God and to one another. In 1 Samuel 15:22, the Prophet Samuel reveals that God desires obedience and submission. Paul reminded God’s people that we need to submit to one another in the fear of God. The challenge is that one cannot submit when one is walking in pride and arrogance. It seems that in this generation, pride is cool and submission is old fashioned and irrelevant. Today, many get offended very easily when corrected. Some would say: How dare one tell us what we need to do? Yet, God will bless and promote those who  submit to Him and to one another. I know that there are times where submission is not a good idea, but we cannot throw out the baby with the bathwater, so to speak. Submission is Godly, but walking in pride and arrogance will ultimately bring you down. Remember what the Apostle Peter said: Likewise you younger people, submit yourselves to your elders. Yes, all of you be submissive to one another, and be clothed with humility, for “God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble” (1 Peter 5:5).

Ephesians 5:20 “Giving thanks always for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, submitting to one another in the fear of God”.