Friday, April 10, 2009

SUBMISSION!






Today, submission is one difficult task for women because we live in a man’s world. We can do the same job and get paid less money. We can be more qualified and not get promoted. There is no doubt that men are usually stronger, and because of these factors women have learned to get their way through manipulation.

Submission can be described as a state of being completely controlled by a person or group of person, and accepting that you have to obey… submissiveness means always willing to obey someone and never disagreeing with him or her, even if such a person is unkind to you.

To have a blissful home or marital life, a woman should get married to the man she can willingly and lovingly submit herself to as her husband and leader. Blossoming out as a successful happy wife and mother will be greatly determined by how submissive a woman is to her husband’s leadership.

As a husband and head of the home, his wife’s future lies in his hands. He should be concerned about her health physically, mentally and spiritually. Some of the questions a man should be able to answers a man should be able to answer concerning his wife are what are her gifts? How are they being developed? What are her dreams? What is she looking forward to? When the children grow up, what will she do with her time? When he retires, will her life be as rewarding as his? If he were to die, how would she support herself? If she were to die would she be looking forward to her heavenly home?

This man as a leader must make his choice according to God’s injunction, be it in his wife’s favor or not. A woman will keep calm irrespective of her feelings at such a time but with reverence openly share her heart: opinions, fears and frustrations. When a woman feels strongly about an issue and she is sidelined into a position where she cannot exercise her judgement, an emotional response is normal.

According to Bunny Wilson, a motivational speaker on submission, a marriage starts off on the right foot when the wife comes into the marriage with the understanding of God’s pattern for marital submission, and intends to operate according to His established order. Religion is all about believing, trusting and having faith in God, so also is submission.

Being submissive means that you have a strong beielf and faith in God to change a negative situation.

Throughout our lives, someone is always in control and has the authority. At home it is our parents; in school, the teacher or the principal; in business it is our employer and at the church it is our pastor. When we defy people placed in authority, we are really saying that the situation cannot be resolved unless we take action.

It takes childlike faith to believe that God can handle any person, debate or circumstance.
The greatest challenge in a relationship, marriage or even at your place of work is when one refuses to accept the responsibility placed on his or her head or of submitting to God. The wife refuse to submit to the husband, and in-laws, or others outside the immediate family unit so that they don’t influence the decisions of her family. Women think quite different from men, in order to maintain a mutual relationship with his wife a man must take time to study the unique nature God has placed in her to help him.

Submission means that even though there is a difference of opinion with someone in authority; we share how we fee with due respect and love. If the other person continues to disagree, we turn the whole issue to God in faith.

Submission gives God space to show us who is right. The result is peace and harmony in the relationship until such time that God decides to rectify it.

Nowadays, submission is so difficult for women because we live in a mans world. We can do the same job, even earn better income. Women can be more qualified. There is no doubt that men are usually physically stronger. Because of these factors, many women have learned to get their way through manipulation.

Some of us have become trained manipulators’. We know what to say, when to say it and how to say it in order to achieve our ultimate end. The every thought of releasing our reason subtle controls shatters our logic, reason and rational. That’s why it takes a woman with faith in God to understand that at the foundation of submission lies the very power of God. God is the beginning of submission and we cant do otherwise.

God bless you as you follow God’s plan for a successful life here on earth having assurance of making heaven in the hereafter.

Nse Victor