Women have fought hard for independence, for the right to their own opinions, to have freedom to work and not depend on men solely for support and for provision . Women are strong-willed, they have been given a spirit of determination and unimaginable strength. They are given skills that compensate for the skills that men lack. Women are multi-taskers, intelligent for the most part, passionate, and they enjoy having the freedom to succeed and make a change. Nowadays, women do not enjoy being submissive.
Submission defined by yourdictionary.com has a definition that I believes sums up submission it its entirety. It is defined:
"the act of submitting, yielding, or surrendering. It is also defined as " the quality of condition of being submissive; obedience, meekness and resignation. It is the act of submitting to another for decision, consideration etc. "
I have always wondered what it truly meant to submit. Would I lose myself if I sumbitted to another? What would freedom would I have if I submit? These questions have been running through my head over and over. At the same time, I kept saying I am not sure if I am able to submit anyways....
An important revelation I had this morning though was that women do not just need to submit and trust their partners/husbands, but they also need to submit to God. I could feel the Lord tugging on my heart strings showing me that I submitted when I allowed the Lord to live in my heart and direct my steps.
That was the first step so I am able to submit. The question for all us women is will we submit and give control to the men that God has put in our life? Will we submit to our heavenly father foremost giving over our fears and our need to control and laying it at his feet? That is what he wills for us to do. To give our fears and the weight of trying to be strong all the time and just surrender it to him.
How can we begin to experience and live in freedom and understand beauty if we are not at rest?
Submission is an ongoing process, it a process that the Lord wants all of us to take so he can reveal to us what he has for us. By submitting to him, we say that he has control and that we fully trust in the
map for our lives and we are commited to being faithful to him. Faithfulness and submission go hand in hand. As we continue to submit to him we see all that he has for us not only in our relationships but in every aspect of our lives. How amazing is that. :)
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