What is submission? Is it a sign of personal weakness or perhaps the secret of personal strength? I guess, at the end of the day, the crucial question is who or what are we submitting to? We can submit to the laws of the land; we can submit to legal authorities… that is not only wise, but the proper thing to do.

Submission then, can be the correct attitude for maintaining a peaceful society. Buit there is sadly an undercurrent of lawlessness where people oppose governments and authority. Where relationships break down because people try to control and dominate others.

The Bible talks a lot about submission; submitting to one another and developing attitudes of humility where we put others first and even consider them better than ourselves, (Phil. 2:3-4). This is not putting ourselves down but recognizing God as the ultimate authority to whom we should be submitting.

The interesting thing is that when we submit and develop humility before God we are blessed. The principles of headship and authority are real and to fight against them is to oppose God. So let us bend the knee again and acknowledge the headship of the Lord Jesus… learning to submit to him and one another.

As we humble ourselves under the authority and power of God our Father and His Son, grace will always flow into our lives.

Ref. Prov. 3:34, 1 Peter 5:6. NIV.