Thursday Thoughts on Submission

 Submission is yielding

So we can become

Who God created us to be

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Submission

Cannot be forced

Or demanded

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Submission is not a

Sign of weakness

But proof of strength

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There are lots of words to make us tout

And puff our chests a bit

But oh, the rebel stirs in us

When we hear this; submit

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Submission is permission

To be used for God’s mission

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Submission is not outer conformation

But inner reformation

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Submission is hard for the proud,

For you see,

Submission requires

Humility

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Bend, reach, push, thrust

Exercise each outer part

Bow, yield, pray, trust

Submission; workout for the heart

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Rebellion is defiance

And a stubborn self-reliance

In submission we resign

Our will to God divine

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Submission is not back-breaking

But it is heart-bending

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Easy to utter words pretty with praise

Harder to stutter through God’s Higher Ways

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Happy is the man

Who, in spite of life’s ill

Knows that perfect peace lies in

Submission to God’s will

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Submission is not slave-labor

But a servant-love

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If we would love the Lord our God

With heart, soul, strength and mind

Then we must learn to obey Him

Where faith leaves reason blind

Happy Thursday all!

© Janet Martin