Message from Scripture: 6/12/2021

 

Today’s message from Scripture comes from John 8:29. “And He who sent Me is with Me; He has not left Me alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing to Him.”

 

The concept of submission is one of the major themes of Scripture. The term means to subject oneself, to obey; to submit to one’s control; to yield to one’s will. There are various human relationships where we may be in submission to another, even in Christ (Eph. 5:21). Of course, this is always true when it comes to our relationship with God and His Son. “Therefore, submit to God” (Jas. 4:7).

 

Even Jesus was and is in submission to the Father, as our Scripture for today reminds us. It is His delight to do the Father’s will (John 4:34). Paul reminds us of this relationship in 1 Cor. 15:27-28; “For God has put all things in subjection under His feet. But when it says, ‘all things are put in subjection,’ it is plain that He is excepted who put all things in subjection under Him. When all things are subjected to Him, then the Son Himself will also be subjected to Him who put all things in subjection under Him, that God may be all in all.”

 

The point of all this is, if Christ is lovingly and willingly in subjection to the Father, then so should we be. To do as we please, and not consider the will of God for our lives, is to place ourselves above God, something Christ refuses to do. So, how do we view God’s commands for our lives? All He does is for our good, and to reject His will is to imply we know more than God, to miss out on His richest blessings, and to ultimately be rejected by Him eternally.

 

But what great blessings are found by us when we yield our lives to Him! Today, let’s go out to serve our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, to allow Him to direct our paths, to find the depth of God’s love through Him. Yielding to the Father and Son, we will find the best. God bless.

 

Robert