Sweet Submission

Sweet Submssion

 Ephesians 5: ²¹ Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.

 ²² Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord. ²³ For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. ²⁴ Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.

 ²⁵ Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her ²⁶ to make her holy, cleansing^[b] her by the washing with water through the word, ²⁷and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless

Why the picture of the bloodied up ufc fighter winning by submission?

I thought it was an awesome illustration.

Just like we should submit to the bloodied up savior. 

So today I'm blogging about submission.

This is one of my favorite portions of scripture.

I mean as I always say, guys, remember this for when you meet a sweet young lady of God;

my saying goes: If she ain't down with Ephesians 5:22, don't make her your boo... :D

Anyway, all joking aside, and yes I'm just ribbing and poking fun.

That's why I made sure I put the rest of the scripture down there.

Paul commands husbands to love their wife as He loved the church.

If a man loves Jesus, he should have no problem loving His wife.

If a woman loves the Lord, she should have no problem submitting to her husband.

The church is the bride of Christ.

God intended for brides to be women. (take that, neil patrick harris)

Now the church's husband Jesus Christ, had no problem loving us.

He loved us before we even knew him.

He suffered an agonizing execution to take away our sins.

Yet when God the husband of the church, wants the church to follow His lead, we get an attitude with Him. 

We make excuses.

We just plain out rebel.

Now Paul mentioned husbands loving wives, because if a man loves His wife the way he should; she should gladly submit to him and follow His lead, do what He says, listen to His voice, let Him handle it.

She trusts Him, she knows He will never lead her astray.

He loves her too much.

Submission or lack thereof to God isn't just a flesh problem, it's a heart issue.

If we REALLY BELIEVED He loved us,

If we really believed He cared, if we really trusted Him, if we want to be the spotless blameless bride, we would submit.

If He wants you to serve Him, if He wants you to speak to that person in the grocery store, if He wants you to preach, if He doesn't want you to preach, if He wants you to follow His word, listen to your authorities, follow His rules, do what He says, you should just do it.

Because just like the wife knows the Husband loves her and would never lead her astray, the church should know that Christ wouldn't.

Submission to God is an act of faith.

The picture up there portrays a scene, where the weaker fighter can't take the pressure anymore.

Where the one who is all bloodied up, is gonna let the weaker fighter go through that pain, until he taps out, until he learns submission. 

Maybe your emotional pain is God having your heart in an arm bar. 

Just tap out to Jesus.

Say yes to His will and His way. 

Feel the release, the freedom of sweet submission.