Submission=Trust

1 Peter 2:13-25
Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;
Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.
For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:
As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.
Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.
For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully.
For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.
For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:
Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:
Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:
Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.

1 Peter 3
Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;
While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear.
Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;
But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands:
Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement.
Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.
Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.
For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:
Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.
For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.
And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good?
But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;
But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:
Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.
For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.
For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;
Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.
The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:
Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.

It sometimes seems like the scariest word that a modern Christian woman can face today is 'submission'.

I think that in this day and age, women either think of the sexual connotations of 'submission' or they think it means being a doormat. I don't think either of those things is what God suggests. I don't think biblical submission should be considered something to be feared. Biblical submission covers man submitting to God, women submitting to their husbands, children submitting to their parents and slaves submitting to their masters. I think men can learn from their wives examples of submission because that is how they are supposed to be submissive to the Lord.

I want women to recognize that biblical submission I speak of is not about a woman being abused and staying in an abusive relationship. Nor is biblical submission a reason to say "Slavery is a good thing." Neither of those statements are true. Before anyone says, "I will NEVER be 'submissive' to my husband" or some similar statement, consider who you submit yourself to on a normal day...

Do you ride in airplanes? Then you submit yourself to the pilot and air traffic controlloers. Do you ride a train? Then you submit yourself to the conductor and anyone in charge of the switches. Do you ride in a car? Then you are submitting yourself to the driver, the mechanic, the auto maker.

Biblical submission is about TRUST.

How do you build trust? You give people a reason to trust you. If you don't trust your husband enough to submit to him, then you shouldn't have married him. God's submission is about saying, "I know you love me, you know what is best for me. I trust your decisions."

THAT is the sort of submission that our God is looking for.

2 Chronicles 30:7-9
And be not ye like your fathers, and like your brethren, which trespassed against the LORD God of their fathers, who therefore gave them up to desolation, as ye see.
Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves unto the LORD, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever: and serve the LORD your God, that the fierceness of his wrath may turn away from you.
For if ye turn again unto the LORD, your brethren and your children shall find compassion before them that lead them captive, so that they shall come again into this land: for the LORD your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if ye return unto him.

Luke 10:17-20
And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name.
And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.
Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.

Hebrews 13:17
Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.

James 4:1-8
From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?
Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.
Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?
But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.

I don't think God does not welcome our suggestions..He welcomed Abraham's suggestions regarding Sodom and Gommorrah and He welcomed Moses' suggestions regarding the Jews. In the same way, husbands can be the final decisionmakers of the household, but still welcome the decisions of their spouses. Wives can still be submissive, but that does not mean we have no say in decisions that are made. However, only ONE person can make the 'final' decision. The bible says that the husband should be the one making the final decision.

Wives, if you have a husband that is not faithful to the Lord, this is your opportunity to show HIM how devotion to the Lord blesses the home. Submission is a blessing. Since we have begun faithfully practicing submission, our homelife has become more peaceful, because it isn't my husband or I 'ruling' our home...it is the Lord. HE is in the driver's seat and HE is who we are placing our trust in. When we consider making a major purchase, we are putting the decision in HIS hands and preparing ourselves for whatever answer HE leades us to.

Submission to the Lord is trusting Him in the face of what the world tells us is illogical. Even if it at times is painful. We are so impatient, we rarely see miracles anymore because few of us have the PATIENCE nor the TRUST to wait for the Lord's answer...nor do we SUBMIT to His answer when it comes if we do not agree with it.

So, we rush into marriages that don't last, or we depend upon science to create or kill our children or we spend money we don't have and then our poor suffer because we have forgotten them in our rush to think of ourselves.

Submission means not doing what your flesh wants you to rush into, it means waiting upon the Lord and His will. Trusting the Lord.

God bless