People think life is all about trying hard...that it isn't about succeeding or about victory, it is about trying.
It isn't about any of those things. Life is about submission.
Submission is harder to accept that defeat. Submission is giving up. If you were ever involved in sports, you have been taught that giving up is not an option. How completely wrong that is. Submission is the very fabric of our being. Let's take a look at some things we can control and some things we HAVE to submit to...
Things we can control:
Our temper.
Our weight.
Our attitude.
Our choices.
Our relationships.
Our appearance.
Many more small things.
Things we submit to:
Our birth.
Our death.
Our circumstances.
Our age.
Our God.
Many more.
In nursing, they call these things unmodifiable risks. Things that you cannot control that can cause you harm.The former are modifiable.
Trying too hard will cause you harm. Trying to fix things for yourself or others will cause you both harm. Thinking that your efforts deserve respect or reward will get you. Nothing we can do is good.
The Bible says that even our good deeds are like menstrual clothes compared to Him. It is clear that we are helpless. God requires perfection. We cannot achieve that, ever. But Jesus did. That is why we believe. Because we are helpless to save ourselves. Jesus did the work, we submit to His death and resurrection as He did...even death on a cross.
God desires our submission to Him as He has overcome the world. Our efforts are futile. Our faith in Him produces results, just ask the woman who bled for years, or the man who died and was risen again, or the blind man, who can now see. God desires desperation and submission, not our feeble attempts to save ourselves.
Photo credit to: My good friend, Patrick Richardson- Januarybegan.com
Sing.
Migrate.
Thanks for reading...Z
