Submission

Perhaps one of the most difficult spiritual practices is the discipline of submission. It is something that people in our culture are not used to doing. We want things to go "our way." I do not want to have to answer to anyone and I know that I don’t usually care to have someone tell me how to live my life. However, I do need the freedom that comes in living life in complete honesty, transparency, and openness to correction and discipline. I had to work hard to practice this discipline when it came down to understanding how I was supposed to respond when someone points out the sin in my life. I need to practice not getting defensive or angry and start listing all their faults. I need to try to examine the truth of what they are saying and actually take it to heart, I need to consider that maybe people say these things in my best interest. Most of all I figured out that I need to be open and accountable to others. The author of Hebrews wrote, "Obey your leaders and submit to their authority. They care for you as men who must give an account. Obey them so that their work will be a joy, not a burden" (Hebrews 13:17). I did find benefits of practicing submission. I realized that I will receive helpful guidance to grow in faith and love. Also, that I can receive much needed correction when I wander from safety. In submission I have to put the idea of me being better than anyone behind me , through this I will receive freedom from the burden of always having to have things my way.