Our House: A 5-Day Prayer for the Local ChurchSample

Transforming Submission

Submission is not an exercise in manners or proper behavior; submission is allowing Christ to transform our hearts so we can honor Him in our selfless acts of love for the people around us.

Jesus performed the ultimate act of submission. Although He is divine and the omnipotent Creator, He chose to lay down His life for a broken and depraved world. Now He is calls us to follow His lead and do the same: to lay down our own lives and serve others in a world bent on seeking control, power, and fame. To cast aside any desire to elevate ourselves or put people down. To truly love and serve one another.

Submission is against the grain of the control we so deeply desire. Our culture recoils at the mere mention of the word; many people believe to submit is to be weak and passive. But through the power of the Holy Spirit, we submit out of love and strength—not weakness. With Him, we can say no to our selfish ambitions. Today, let’s remember that Jesus didn’t lord over us—He loved us. And let’s freely submit to one another, imitating Christ in our sacrificial love for the church.

Prayer
Thank You, Jesus, for embracing submission so that I may live. May Your sacrificial love propel me to put others before myself.