{"id":7200,"date":"2012-07-19T06:31:43","date_gmt":"2012-07-19T14:31:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/wordpress\/?p=7200"},"modified":"2012-07-19T07:25:35","modified_gmt":"2012-07-19T15:25:35","slug":"the-submission-of-the-believer-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/?p=7200","title":{"rendered":"The Submission of the Believer"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>You call Me Teacher and Lord, and you say well, for so I am \u2014John 13:13<\/h1>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ts9MAnhRPVM\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<section>Our Lord never insists on having authority over us. He never says, \u201cYou <em>will<\/em> submit to me.\u201d No, He leaves us perfectly free to choose\u2014 so free, in fact, that we can spit in His face or we can put Him to death, as others have done; and yet He will never say a word. But once His life has been created in me through His redemption, I instantly recognize His right to absolute authority over me. It is a complete and effective domination, in which I acknowledge that \u201cYou are <em>worthy<\/em>, O Lord . . .\u201d (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Revelation+4:11\">Revelation 4:11<\/a>). It is simply the unworthiness within me that refuses to bow down or to submit to one who is worthy. When I meet someone who is more holy than myself, and I don\u2019t recognize his worthiness, nor obey his instructions for me, it is a sign of my own unworthiness being revealed. God teaches us by using these people who are a little better than we are; not better intellectually, but more holy. And He continues to do so until we willingly submit. Then the whole attitude of our life is one of obedience to Him.<\/section>\n<section><\/section>\n<section>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 If our Lord insisted on our obedience, He would simply become a taskmaster and cease to have any real authority. He never insists on obedience, but when we truly see Him we will instantly obey Him. Then He is easily Lord of our life, and we live in adoration of Him from morning till night. The level of my growth in grace is revealed by the way I look at obedience. We should have a much higher view of the word <em>obedience<\/em>, rescuing it from the mire of the world. Obedience is only possible between people who are equals in their relationship to each other; like the relationship between father and son, not that between master and servant. Jesus showed this relationship by saying, \u201cI and My Father are one\u201d (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=John+10:30\">John 10:30<\/a>). \u201c. . . though He was a Son, yet He learned obedience by the things which He suffered\u201d (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Hebrews+5:8\">Hebrews 5:8<\/a>). The Son was obedient as our Redeemer, <em>because He was the Son<\/em>, not in order to become God\u2019s Son.<\/section>\n<section>_________________________________________________<\/section>\n<section><\/section>\n<section>July 18, 2011-\u00a0JDV<\/section>\n<section><\/section>\n<section>Lord the song struck me like the lesson about Saul of Tarsus being struck by your love and grace. I have often been concerned about \u2026\u201dwhat must I do\u201d. How must I live, react, study, obey, trust\u2026I am often concerned about my role in our relationship; what are my responsibilities. This song and lesson seem to attack that notion.<\/section>\n<section><\/section>\n<section><em><\/em><\/section>\n<section><em><\/em><\/section>\n<section><em>And God says\u2026\u201dAll the work for and in the believer is for Me to accomplish. Yours is but to surrender. And there are times when you are unable to surrender, and your<br \/>\nsalvation must be \u201cworked out\u201d. Inside the stages of your life trust in Me with all your heart, and when you cannot and there will be times when you cannot, stay connected. I have begun a good work in you and I will complete it.\u201d<\/em><\/section>\n<section><\/section>\n<section><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You call Me Teacher and Lord, and you say well, for so I am \u2014John 13:13 Our Lord never insists on having authority over us. 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