"Say uncle?"
"Nope."
"Say uncle," the tone more demanding.
Silence.
The grip tightens.
"Say uncle!"
"Uncle."
You know, nobody likes to say uncle. No one likes to submit. Whether to a superior, an equal, or worst of all, an inferior God has placed in a superior role. But, guess what? We're told to submit in all those situations.Submitting to God is tough. Oh, it should be easy. But that's when we leave out pride. That's when we leave out self-control. That's we we get distracted, when we lose focus. If we simply followed the author of the unknown maxim, we would solve this problem:
Lord, I am willing to receive what You give,
Lack what You withhold,
And relinquish what You take.
We may think we have it bad, that we have suffered injustice at the hand of equals or sub-equals in our estimation. And, in fact, we may be right on in our assessments. But, you know what? It doesn't matter. What about Jesus? What about His treatment by sub-equals? Yet, He endured. Yet He was submissive. Yet He laid down His life for us (1 John 3:16) Pain, shame, rejection, humiliation, and death.
And we have the audacity to complain about a spouse or boss that lords (pun intended) over us? That we know better?
Perfect submission? We may never achieve it, but we can submit to a Godly purpose. Willingly.
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