...so submit to God!

"The devil is trying to steal from you and destroy you, and make it look like it was all your idea.  So, girlfriend, submit to God."  -Beth Moore


Have you cringed yet?  I have.
Submit.  Ugh, what a dirty little pesky word.  What good could come of it for us, really?  It sounds so weak, so innactive, so passive...(probably nothing that this prideful, independent minded woman wants anything to do with)  


But wait. Maybe the opposite is true.


What if submission meant giving yourself and your life the best chance?  What if it meant allowing God to do Exactly all He intends and hopes to do, IN you, and THROUGH you?


"Satan doesn't have to convince you and me to do his will for our life.  He only has to tempt us to demand our own.  God has something bigger for each of us than our human minds can hug.  Something eternal.  Something that will still matter when our bones have turned to heaps of dust."

*God is always looking out for your ultimate good and takes your hurts personally.  So submit to God.
* He knows when your motive was right but your mouth messed up.  So submit to God.
* He knows exactly how to work terrible into good.  So submit to God.
* He loves you completely and unconditionally and will never let you go.  So submit to God.
* He knows the well-deliberated plan for your life and how all things must fall into place for you to fulfill your destiny.  So submit to God.
*  He will never put to shame those who trust in Him.  So submit to God."  -Beth Moore


"But He gives a greater grace. Therefore it says, “GOD IS OPPOSED TO THE PROUD, BUT GIVES GRACE TO THE HUMBLE.” Submit therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.  Draw near to God and He will draw near to you." -James 4:6-8