Less Of Me

"We never choose argument and cause another to sin. Never."

SUBMISSION IS laying down your will, what you’d prefer, in order to sustain the peace of another. It is doing what will prevent an argument. Not in weakness of mind, but in confidence, in strength. You submit because you have self-control of your own will and emotions. It does not make you feel less capable, less important, but is humbleness of mind. A truly submissive man or woman does not have to be first place.

“Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.” (Matthew 11:29)

"Submit yourselves therefore to God." (James 4:7)

Submission makes unity. It cannot be demanded. To demand someone submit is to remove them from your control. Submission can only be given. Control demands slavery, and God never wanted slaves. He refused to be the Master of an enslaved people, Israel. He refuses to be King of Kings over an enslaved earth. God – Father, Son, and Spirit – know all things from the beginning of them (Isaiah 46:10). They know who will be saved and who will not. But They do not make the choice for us. We have revelation of who Jesus is and of what He’s done, and we ask Him to be Lord of us because we see the love of God for us. He is Lord because we submit.

We submit our will, our choices of career, relationships, likes and dislikes, being willing to change them. His will for us is always exceedingly good. We submit our tastes and preferences, even when they aren’t sinful and especially if they are. He is Healer of our mind. We submit our physical nature. Our physical or carnal nature is enmity against God (Romans 8:7), so we lay it down before Him, and grow in peace, patience, and joy over it.

Anger disrupts submission. God knows our anger down to our smallest reason. But it is a strong man or woman who refuses to allow anger to have control. It is a strong one that submits to peace instead. Though the mind may keep churning and all that angers us replay, we choose to think God’s thoughts instead. The greatest freedom of submission comes from worship. We choose to remember what Jesus did, who God is, and the Truths of the Word over our hatred, doubt, and fear.

Submission is spoken of in Ephesians 5, of us to other people and of a wife to her husband. All are to submit to others, to show the love of God for them, no matter how we agree or disagree. The apostle Paul spoke of laying down what he believed in, what he liked, in order to not harm a weaker (his word) person. We never choose argument and cause another to sin. Never. And a wife submits to her husband. The husband is the head of his wife (Ephesians 5:23). And the husband lays down his life for her, being physically willing to die in her place. Love this size, of this gentleness and kindness is joyful to submit to. Love of that magnitude is holy. Marriage is holy. A holy, righteous God is our example of a Father, of a Friend, of Savior, of Family.

Of Submission.

“I have glorified you on the earth by faithfully doing everything you’ve told me to do.” (John 17:4, TPT)

“Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.” (Colossians 3:12-13)


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Suzanne D. Williams, Author
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