Submission to God’s will is the first step to complete obedience
God has given us the freedom to choose life or death. John 14:6 states, “Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” Once salvation is chosen, submission to God is the next choice we must make. As I stated before in blog #2, complete submission is our sacrifice we must endure in order to bring forth God’s will; total obedience, fulfillment of your predestined purpose, and the expansion of His kingdom. Your salvation is for you; your submission to God is for others. Complete submission brings you into total obedience, enabling you to fulfill your predestined purpose. In John 20:21 Jesus states, “... As the Father has sent Me, I also send you.” Your kingdom assignment is designed to bring others to Christ. In order to accomplish this, we must sacrifice our own will and submit to the Lord’s will. Just as we recited the Sinner’s Prayer of Redemption at the time of accepting Christ into our hearts, we must also recite the Prayer of Submission. James 4:7-8 and verse 10; “Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double minded.” Verse 10, “Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up.”The Prayer of Submission is your outward acknowledgement of surrendering to the Lord’s will and humbling yourself before Him.
The Prayer of Submission requires you verbally to:
The Prayer of Submission requires you verbally to:
1. Repent for your acts of disobedience; yielding to your own will.
2. Acknowledge the Lord’s supremacy and authority over your carnal will.
3. Submit to the Lord’s will; yielding all of you unto Him.
