So why submit?

One of the hardest things for us to do sometimes is to submit to the authority that God has placed in our lives. For some reason it seems that we are just wired to rebel. Look at how infants quickly move to rebellion. It seems like they always learn to say no before they learn to say yes. Why do you think that is? I have my theories and as you can imagine, I am now going to share them with you. 

From the moment we are born, we are wired to try and survive. If our body doesn't do all it can to fight off infections and the like, we are considered to be sick because it is not natural for our body to not try and heal itself and live. That is in our unconscious living. In our conscious living, we find that our natural tendency is to protect ourselves and to avoid danger and pain rather than be drawn to it. If someone is drawn to pain or danger, they are considered sick or abnormal. I believe that it is partially (and I mean partially) our survival nature that causes us to rebel against the idea of giving someone else control of our life or someone else the right to have authority over us. We trust ourselves and our intentions towards ourselves. We know that we are always going to look out for our best interest. It is hard to put that responsibility in the hands of another, even if its God. Many of us think that we are submissive when really we are just living in a situation that happens to go with our best interest. It is only when someone asks us to do something that we feel is not in our best interest that our rebellious nature is exposed. 

Whenever people have money to spare, it is easy to tithe. Whenever I have to choose between my cable bill and my tithe, then things get messy. Whenever my boss asks me to work with someone I like doing something I enjoy doing things are great. When he asks me to work with the lazy guy doing something I loathe, my submissive nature has a chance to really be checked.

Why am I saying this? I just wanted to challenge you to ask yourself whether or not you are truly submissive to authority, or just one who seeks out authority that agrees with you. The test of submission only comes when you disagree with the order or the one giving the order. Everything else is just us doing what we do naturally, looking out for our own interest. It is when we are asked to do something against our own interest that true submission is forged. 

Just something to ponder...