It’s hard to believe that that there’s only two and a half months left! There are times when it hardly seems like I’ve been here for five months. Yet, when I reflect back it does seem like that long of a time, because of what I have been learning. We do more than just go through the New Testament book by book; we have topical studies thrown in to break up the work. One of the recent topical weeks was a retreat to a cabin the mountains to go through Richard Foster’s book Spiritual Disciplines.
Though there was required work (reading and journaling) I must say that it was the most relaxing thing that I have since coming here to Boise. Being able to get away from everything and be in a rural environment to just focus on the various spiritual disciplines was rewarding.
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| Zach grilling hamburgers for a SOBA/VCOM fundraiser! |
Each student selected one of the disciplines to prepare a mini teaching to share with the rest of the group. The one that I picked was on submission. And I think I learned the most from being able to study this particular one. I realized how different the world views this topic compared to how God sees this topic. The difference highlights how twisted the world is compared to how God sees everything that He created. We (as a society) tend to view submission as a bad thing, yet God views it as a very good thing.
The reality is that by Christ giving himself up as a sacrifice was the ultimate act of submission. And even in that ultimate act of submission, society does not view it like that. Make note, that submission is by no means being a doormat, just looking at Jesus one can see he got on the nerves of people more times than can be counted. Submission is the willingness to be under the authority of God and the guidelines that He set. This can create encouragement being under people placed in authority because they themselves are being subject to the Father, too.
With all this being said there is still a lot that I need to learn about this topic of submission. As well as learn and incorporate all the other disciplines in to my Christian walk. These will help me in walking the straight path which the Lord has laid before my feet.
The reality is that by Christ giving himself up as a sacrifice was the ultimate act of submission. And even in that ultimate act of submission, society does not view it like that. Make note, that submission is by no means being a doormat, just looking at Jesus one can see he got on the nerves of people more times than can be counted. Submission is the willingness to be under the authority of God and the guidelines that He set. This can create encouragement being under people placed in authority because they themselves are being subject to the Father, too.
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