Meditation 2

I remember getting my first job when I was 16 years old. It was a simple job in landscaping for no more than minimum wage. I was a bit of a hothead and thought I knew everything. I quickly found out I knew nothing about anything. I remember the realization that I was not in charge of myself anymore. My boss told me when to show up, and when I could go home. If he told me to do something, I had to do it. In the beginning, I resented my boss because I thought I knew better than him. After some time, I realized that he actually knew what he was talking about, and when he instructed me to do something, it was not to make life harder for me, but to help me do the job correctly. 

The feeling of submission is something our culture seems to have an allergic reaction to. Just mention submission in the context of marriage and watch people look at you like your some sort of misogynist. 

Another word which congers up negative emotions is "surrender". Surrender is the opposite of the 'American spirit'. We take our rights by force, we never surrender. 

But the cry of the Christian is one of complete surrender and submission. The Christian is one who has taken his own self to the place of execution, and there has slaughtered himself. He arises from that place and declares, "I am no longer my own, for I have been bought with a price. I have been crucified with Christ, I am no longer my own, but all of me; the thoughts of my mind and the passions of my heart, my finances and time, yes even my own will, is my Lord's". 

Do you believe that God holds all the treasures of wisdom this universe could possibly hold? Do you believe that He is Light, and in Him no darkness could possibly dwell? Do believe that He can never change, that he is the same yesterday, today and forever? Do you believe that all time and history are laid out before Him, and that He knows the end from the beginning? 

Then dear reader, you have every reason to surrender all to Him this day and to say, "submission to Christ is the greatest form of freedom a human can possibly live in, while he does live!" 

Lord, I have nothing, but even if you would ask for that, I would gladly and freely offer it to you.