Beautiful Submission

Submission.  What's the first thought that comes to mind when you read this word?  Is submission something you dread?  Something you resent?  Or submission something you find beautiful?  Something you can cherish?  This post might just step on your cute little toes!  But, the Bible talks about submission in so many contexts: as employees, citizens, believers, children, and wives.  Submission is not something to fear or resent.  It is beautiful.  Read on to discover the beauty!

"A woman should learn in quietness and full submission."  1 Timothy 2:11  Submission is something women easily forget about, but it is something that God has called us into specifically as women.  This verse is not telling women that we can never open our mouths and speak.  Talking is what women do best!  Many people (many women) feel that submission is terrible because it places woman in a position lower than man.  But God tells us that we are all created in His image.  So why would he create women to be lower than man if we are created in His image?  We are equal to men; we just have very different roles given to us by our Creator.  In the context of 1 Timothy 2:11, the women of the Ephesian church were lacking maturity.  Paul wrote this verse to remind them to listen and learn to gain maturity.  The easiest way for these women to learn, was through submission.

Today's society encourages women to forgo submission and switch roles with men.  They say "anything you can do, I can do better."  Is that really true though?  Didn't God design us perfectly in the roles we possess?

Women are give roles that should not be stepped out of.  Submission is one of those roles.  Compare submission to fire.  When a fire escapes its boundaries, it moves quickly engulfing and destroying everything in its path.  In the same way, women out of submission fight against and often hurt the men and authorities in their lives.  But when a fire is within its boundaries, it is beautiful.  Its light flickers and is mesmerizing to watch.  Its warmth draws people in.  In the same way, a women in submission is beautiful.  Her light flickers, and people watch her because she is different.  Her warmth draws people in to her because she is willing to submit.  She submits to her employer, her government, her parents, her husband.  But most importantly, she submits to her God.

Submission does not mean women allow themselves to be a doormat.  It also does not mean we should go against what God and the Bible say.  They are the ultimate truth.  For more on submission check out this post:  http://unsteadysaint.com/the-s-word/