Success is not measured by the number of hard problems you have, but by whether you have those same problems a year from now.
Pretty Convicting huh? So what are your hard problems that you are in the midst of solving? Will they be the same problems a year from now? My biggest problem that I seem to have year after year is submitting to authority. God has really been convicting me of this sin lately. It seems everywhere I turn He has people strategically placed to throw this in my face. There isn’t a day that goes by that He doesn’t convict me of it and rightfully so, He is trying to perfect me in His image so I can lead the life He intended for me to lead.
There isn’t a 12 step program for girls like me who were trained at a very young age to be independent, to never be dependent on a man and who were expected to be successful in the eyes of the world. This theory comes in handy when you blow a tire and can fix it yourself or when someone tries to belittle you and you laugh in their face because you are so confident nothing shakes you. However, this theory is completely against you when you read the verse “Wives submit to your husbands, as fitting in the Lord. (Colossians 3:18) Yah right, not on your life! Or in the verse “Christians are commanded to submit to each other” (1 Corin. 16:15) Yah right even when it’s a pushy, annoying boss? The answer is YES, a big FAT YES! And over and over God is convicting me to take my place both in the home and at work. Why? Because He has something great planned for me and He wants to use me to advance His Kingdom but He can’t work through me when ultimately I am not submitting to Him.
In my rebellious state and by not submitting to the men He has placed in authority over me, He has to turn His face from my sin. He thinks all the snotty, independence is rather ugly and He is determined to change me! And He knows only He can change me but I have to the choice to submit! He gave me the personality, the style and the attitude to want to change and to see Him for who He is: my Savior, my Father, my Love, my Trust, my Redeemer, my Healer and the ultimate…the boss of me!
How are you going to submit to the people He has placed over you today? Will you have the same problem again next year? I am convinced through the power of His Spirit and by His grace and mercy I will not have the same problem of submitting to the men He has placed over me next year!
Submitting to Him, Tammy