I am going to speak of a topic that “Takes Faith”. And this topic is to be considered as we, The Body of Christ, prepare to be raptured, and make ourselves ready. True Submission is going to be required of us.
I’m going to delve right in to what I feel I am to share with you all… Please open your hearts to receive.
First, I will say this:
“Agreement” is not submission.
“Submitting my will to another’s will” is submission.
Let me repeat that, so you can really get it.
“Submitting my will to another’s will” is submission.
Now, I will go on to emphasize this:
True submission – cannot be forced!
In other words, you and I aren’t “made to” submit or it’s not true submission.
True submission will NOT go against my own will.
I purposely submit my will to another’s will.
“True submission is an act of my own will.”
Essentially, it takes “FAITH”.
This is why submission to Christ is not just following a faith principle without intimacy and seeking Him. I recognize the Lord has THE AUTHORITY over me and the ability to do as He says… and it is my “heart toward him” that then surrenders “my will to His will.”
God gives all his sons and daughters FREE WILL – to submit or not to submit – when His will is not our will.
Whether we disagree with him or agree with him is not relevant!
We work with God – or not!
We have a free will, and every single day we exercise that will, whether we are aware of it or not.
I think it was Keith Moore I heard say once: “Real love and Real faith is not possible without you making a Real choice.”
So, if we do not have a choice … what is that called?
It is called “control”. Right?
So, friends, in this world, if you are being “forced to do” something that is not your will, then you are under a “spirit” that is not the Holy Spirit. It is a “Control Spirit”.
Now, Satan, who calls evil good and good evil, will whisper in your ear that to obey God is to be controlled. But it is just the opposite!
The Lord desires True Submission – an act of your Free Choice… and this is possible when you have “faith” in who He is and his ability to make things go well for you as you put your will under His will.
I will clarify: God has given you a free will. To submit “your will” to His will is your Free Choice to do, or not to do! When you choose to do it, I refer to that as True Submission.
Husbands who desire wives to submit to them are not able to “force them”. They may try, but this is operating in a “control spirit” and will pull your marriage apart. Rather, it’s best for husbands to draw their wives into ‘close intimacy’ and ‘build trust’, as the Lord does for us, so that your wife, of her own free will, will choose to place her will under your will. Yes, even if she doesn’t agree with you. This may take love, prayer, patience, and holding your own ground. It may also take gentle instruction from the Word of God, like viewing Colossians 3:18-19, so wives understand submission to their husbands is an act of submission to the Lord. Usually if husbands are known to be submitting to Christ, their believing spouses don't have a problem with True Submission. This is, however, not the case when people are “unequally yoked” or a “Control Spirit” is operating within the home.
True Submission takes on many forms… so I’ll move on to say, Ruth, from the scripture’s Book of Ruth, is a wonderful example of true submission. She submitted herself to a mother-in-law, to a change of locale, to a different God (the true God), and eventually to Boaz, who is a type of Christ. She chose to put her will under other’s wills all throughout her life, but we see how that turned out for her! True submission led her to being blessed… Richly! In many ways! Her example teaches us that we need not fear True Submission…the kind that comes from our free will, and the kind that is led by the Lord.
But Friends, it is important, who you and I submit to!
In these last days, who you put our own will under, in submission, will determine your course… and your degree of entanglement with the world… and whether you can be brought into God’s perfect plan. It could even become a matter of life or death. Therefore, it must be carefully considered!
One warning I give from the Holy Spirit is to be alert to “false guilt”. This is guilt that others will “put on you” – to get you to come under “their control”. Don’t agree to it. Submit to God and Christ above all!
Scripture tells us in James 4:7, “Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the Devil, and he will flee from you.”
Covid brought with it “a choice” to submit or not to, for example. It was a person’s “free will” to get a vaccine or not to get one… to go to open churches to worship or not to… to travel requiring a vaccine or not to… etc. Perhaps this was “an exercise” for believers in decision-making and what is “true submission”. Arguments ensued within the body of Christ as to whether to obey governmental authority, or whether these were simply guidelines given, and not a matter of submission to authority. People were feeling “pressured” and way out of their comfort zones.
Let’s talk about that. I believe the Lord is trying to help us discern.
You were placing your will under another’s will. Right? Yet it was difficult for some to discern “true submission”.
In other words, what did you feel “free” to choose?
In God, we know we have a choice.
Were these many decisions a “matter of true submission”?
Or did you discern you were resisting “control” and being forced to do something “not your will”?
Did you feel pressured to give into “control”?
In the Devil’s domain, we as believers will feel as if we “don’t have a choice”. We will be dealing with a “control spirit”.
Why must we learn to discern?
Because it will get more and more difficult for believers to discern.
We must know THE HOLY SPIRIT to discern the controlling spirits all around us, especially as the Antichrist Spirit becomes more and more pervasive in our world. The abundance of witchcraft and occultic practices also makes it of the utmost importance that you, as a Christian, recognize “control” and the “loss of your own free will”. We must know the “real thing” to be alert to “the fake”, as is the case in identifying counterfeit money.
So, I’m going to help you here:
There is authority established in God’s Kingdom. What this means is, we can know, as believers, real tangible guidelines for “putting our will under another’s will.”
This means true submission can come without torment, false guilt, questioning, and fear. It can come easily.
Most believers know and have been taught from God’s Holy Word that Christ submits to God, man submits to Christ, and woman submits to man (I Cor 11:3). And in the home, husbands submit to Christ, wives to husbands, and children to parents (Eph 5 and 6). In the family of God, we also submit one to another (Ephesians 5:21). But many believers aren’t aware of other authorities we have, of who we can exercise true submission toward.
Hebrews 13:17 speaks of our spiritual authorities. It reads, “Obey your leaders and submit to them, since they keep watch over your souls as those who will give an account, so that they can do this with joy and not with grief, for that would be unprofitable for you.”
I’ll go back to Covid as an example: If your current pastor had gone before the Lord God, who he is accountable to for your souls, and then declared “We will still have services regularly”, then your household should have been “at liberty” to exercise true submission to this and attend, regardless of all the fearmongering. (Incidentally fearmongering means, “the action of deliberately arousing public fear or alarm about a particular issue.” – which is exactly what took place at the time of Covid.) This submission to spiritual leadership would have had to “take faith”, right? Faith that your pastor was leading the congregation according to the will of God. Yet if you obeyed your leader, then you opened yourself up for God’s blessing. And this True Submission could be done easily as you had a free will to choose to submit or not submit to his leadership.
True submission always takes faith! And yes, usually humility too. For a man to submit to Christ, he has to have faith that the Lord will lead him, protect, provide, and guide; For a woman to submit to her husband she has to have faith that he has her best interests at heart and that God will take care of her as she submits to her husband; Children must trust (have faith in) their parents for all things pretty much.
Yet, when “truly entrusted” all legitimate God-given authority will take their charge seriously and give proper care to those under them.
Also, in Ephesians 6:5-9 we read of submission of servants to masters, and we can liken this to employees to employers in our modern world. If under an employer and he stayed open during Covid (back to our example), you’d be expected to stay working; If he closed, your true submission would mean you’d be off work for a time. Right? In scripture, your employer has his own guidelines to look after those “under him” … not threatening his workers, being fair in wage, etc.
Then, we are also instructed to listen and submit to governing authorities. Romans 13:1-6 tells us this:
“Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. 2 Consequently, whoever rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves. 3 For rulers hold no terror for those who do right, but for those who do wrong. Do you want to be free from fear of the one in authority? Then do what is right and you will be commended. 4 For the one in authority is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for rulers do not bear the sword for no reason. They are God’s servants, agents of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer. 5 Therefore, it is necessary to submit to the authorities, not only because of possible punishment but also as a matter of conscience. 6 This is also why you pay taxes, for the authorities are God’s servants, who give their full time to governing. 7 Give to everyone what you owe them: If you owe taxes, pay taxes; if revenue, then revenue; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor.”
Clearly, our government has laws that are put in place for the well-being of us all. This passage clearly spells out that those who do wrong in not submitting to the law will be punished. Let’s speak about some of this:
Why are so many believers troubled by the invasion of our USA borders? It’s because these people are “not in submission” to our laws and governing authorities, and the immigrants who are in “true submission” , doing things legally and the right way are now facing huge time delays due to the ones coming in illegally. Think about it: If outsiders do not exercise True Submission “coming in” to our country, it stands to reason that they won’t submit to our laws once in our country. Christians, therefore, understanding what “true submission” is, understand that those coming in to our nation are to adapt themselves (i.e. submit) to “our laws” and “our culture” and “our government” – not require our government to adapt and submit to their ways… but them to our government. Things are upside down now friends! But, with the Lord, and our understanding his ways, many things can be put back upright. Those that understand True Submission can realize it is up to the immigrants to “submit” if they want to come in and remain in our nation. It has nothing to do with Christian’s hearts of love and compassion toward refugees. This is a lie! What makes it so, is that it is not based on how God looks at things. God loves the alien and those who come into our country for refuge. Just as Ruth was welcomed into Bethlehem in the book of Ruth. But she had to adapt to her new surroundings, and they must adapt to our ways. This is God’s way. Immigrants must come into True Submission to God’s ways, and to our Nation’s ways. Amen? Then they are received. God had even given me a song about the Foreigner, in our land, so I know He has a heart toward the ones who enter in with True Submission. Here is a link to that song on this website if you want to listen: https://receivefromme.com/track/1861843/poor-and-foreigners-accepted
Not being in true submission to authority creates anarchy and lawlessness in our homes, in our schools, and in our government. Money, for the time being, keeps those in business in a fairly-stable submission, for they want to be paid or to keep their jobs… but they then may deal with “a control spirit” and this harms too.
So, WHO and WHAT we submit to is so very important in these end times.
II Peter 2:19-21 gives us a warning: It says:
“While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage. 20 For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning. 21 For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them. 22 But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.”
In short, this is what this means. True submission is a choice. If you submit yourself to “The World”, who are servants of corruption, and then disregard your true God-given authorities, you will be brought into bondage, even if right now you’ve escaped the pollutions of the world. Your latter end will be worse with you.
Yikes. Who wants that?
Jesus Christ is our example. Read the gospels and you will see that his whole mindset was True Submission to his authority: God His Father. This simplified things for him! If he didn’t see the Father doing it, he didn’t do it. If he wasn’t told to do something, he didn’t. When he was faced the time of his will being different than the father’s will, at Gethsemane, He exercised True Submission, even unto death. In Luke 22:42 He declared, “Not my will but thine be done.”
And Philippians 2:8 says, “And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.”
John 2:24-25 tells us his focus: “Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men, and needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man.” Ultimately, Christ committed himself TO the Father, not to men.
You can follow his example and do the same. Let the Lord be your ultimate trust… your ultimate authority. Then as you trust the established authorities over you, HE is ultimately who you are trusting when you submit ourselves to them. Right?
Job 22:21 says, “Submit to God, and be at peace with Him; in this way prosperity will come TO you.”
Verse 22 goes on to say, “Accept instruction from his mouth and lay up his words in your heart.”
We are to know what HIS WILL is so we can know if we are exercising true submission to him and his authorities, or not. Amen?
If we know something is not of him, then we need not submit.
If we know it’s the world pressuring us, we can have our lives “simplified”.
Will it maybe “cost us”? It might.
We may be persecuted, misunderstood, lose our position, leave money behind, etc.
But, friends, it will cost us “WAY MORE” not to submit to God! We have some precious promises that Job 22 goes on to tell us about! Let’s look at Job 22:23-30 and look at submission in a whole new light. Some of you may not even know these verses exist… but they do! (smile) I will paraphrase them for you:
23 If you return to the Almighty, you will be built up, If thou put away unrighteousness (iniquity) far from your dwelling places.
24 And lay you “your treasure” in the dust, And the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks (i.e. let the world’s wealth lose its importance to you, even the purest gold of the highest value!)
25 Then the Almighty will BE your Treasure, And BE as precious silver unto you.
26 For you will delight thyself in the Almighty, and will lift up your face unto God.
27 You will make your prayer unto Him, and He will hear you; And you will pay your vows.
28 You will also decree a thing, and it will be established unto thee;
And light will shine upon your ways.
29 When they cast you down, you will say, There is lifting up!
And the humble person He will save.
30 He will deliver even him that is not innocent: Yea, he will be delivered through the cleanness of thy hands. (i.e. A guilty person you may be praying for can be delivered through the purity of your own life!)
Don’t rush away from these verses. Look up Job 22:21-30 in your own bible’s translation. You will realize that True Submission takes “returning, putting away iniquity, letting money lose its value, delighting yourself in the Lord, and praying and decreeing on your part… but it will lead to the reward of the Almighty “hearing those prayers”… “being your money” (i.e., He will provide everything), being “built up” and having “light” upon all your ways (i.e., you will cease from being tormented by darkness and confusion, and torn down by condemnation, fear, or indecision.) You will perform your vows…i.e. You will be enabled to keep your own commitments to your family, your workplace, your community etc.
It's all good, friends. And it all starts with True Submission.
If you make it a priority to come closer to God, He will come closer to you. See James 4:8! Then as “complication” comes upon the world, bringing fears and torments, questioning and indecision, you will be built up instead. Being true to Christ will “simplify your life” just as being true to God “simplified Christ’s life”… meaning, every single decision need not be a heavy weight upon you. Christ’s yoke is easy, and his burden is light. He will give you free will and lead you in making the decisions that are of his will.
If you don’t know Christ, accept his love and the sacrifice of his blood for you, and be free of guilt and sin. With him, comes “clarity” and “wisdom” and “belonging” and “freedom from fears”. Then let your True Submission be unto him. In so doing, He will align every other authority in your life, and where there may be questionings, you can go to His Word or a trusted believer and get clarity upon your path. He promises LIGHT WILL SHINE UPON YOUR WAYS (Job 22:28), so you can face the unknown future in perfect peace and confidence.
For those who already know Jesus and walk in truth, I encourage you to continue to trust His ability to simplify your decisions by bringing you awareness of who not to submit to, and who to exercise True Submission toward, bringing you into freedom and rest of soul.
This article is written to bring you to an alertness of who your True Submission should be toward: your authorities as established by Almighty God, with him being your Highest Authority!
You do not have to submit to Satan’s “control spirits”, loosed upon mankind. If you feel you’ve lost your free will, you’ve entered into Satan’s camp, so get out quick!
When something regarding submission comes in question, ask for the Holy Spirit to give detailed guidance…pray…and seek the Word of God. He has made it clear to me that He wants to give each of us complete understanding between what is “CONTROL” and what is “TRUE SUBMISSION”! Guard your free will, friends…only surrender it to God’s established authorities. Understand?!
To clarify:
God gives you free will. True Submission is “your choice” to place your will under another’s will. God has established God-given authorities so you can do this “comfortably” and “without fear”, knowing He has your back.
Don’t give to the Enemy what is meant to Be God’s. Proverbs 4:23 says, “Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.”
And to conclude, become mindful of what Galatians 5:1 says:
“Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.”
Submission to your God-given authorities does not put you under a yoke of bondage. Rather, it brings you into liberty.
If you’re submitting to someone or something that is not bringing you closer to God, closer to liberty, but is taking you further away from your will, then you are probably UNDER a Control Spirit somewhere. You are probably not under God-given authority, so Be loosed in Jesus’ Name, and Be free to exercise True Submission to Christ!
As I said at the beginning, True Submission takes “Faith”.
When a person, or a place, or a thing controls you, or forces you this is not the kind of submission God requires of you. Absolutely not!! Submitting your will “to God” and to “his authorities over you” will bring you to joy, peace, and righteousness. You will consciously choose to make the choice to submit to another person’s will.
So let those in faith, really hear what the New Testament passage II Cor 6:14-18 says:
14 Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness? 15 What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? 16 What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said:
“I will live with them
and walk among them,
and I will be their God,
and they will be my people.”
17 Therefore, “Come out from them
and be separate,
says the Lord.
Touch no unclean thing,
and I will receive you.”
18 And, “I will be a Father to you,
and you will be my sons and daughters,
says the Lord Almighty.”
I will close now, and allow the Holy Spirit to speak to each one of you individually. This article is “all over the place” as far as who he might talk to about what, so I feel I've shared what I was to share, and will leave the rest to Him.
God bless each one of you with a heart of True Submission toward His Will and His Ways. In Jesus' Name, Amen.