Sunday, July 21, 2013

The Power of Mutual Submission

 Control
We want it.  We crave for it.  We salivate for it.

Why?  For many people, control is the only solution they know to satisfy the deepest longings in their heart.  They want people to behave in a particular way, and they’ll do everything so that their expectations are met.

How?  They’ll control through anger or intimidation or shame or people-pleasing.

But I’ve now realized that control is the language of the weak.  It's the strong that can let go and let God.

If the language of the weak is control, the language of the strong is submission.  They submit to God and find their complete fulfillment in His love.  They don’t need others to behave in a particular way for them to be happy.  They’re already complete.

Only strong people can submit to another human being too.

We always preach that wives should submit to their husbands. (Ephesians 5:22-24).  But if you carefully read the Bible verses around this passage, you’ll realize that the husband should also submit to the wife.  God is calling spouses to mutual submission.

Not only spouses, but to anyone who is in a relationship: Parents and children to mutually submit to each other; Co-workers to mutually submit to each other; Friends to mutually submit to each other…

Because here’s the Truth: It’s only through mutual-submission that your relationship can be Grace-filled.

Have a Grace-filled Feast today!


May your dreams come true,

Bo Sanchez

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