Taking our doubts and insecurties to God and wrestling with them until we can submit to Him
Why is it difficult t submit to God? As humans, we do things that we want to do and don’t do all of the things that God wants us to do. We tend to make our own religion instead of Christianity. We do what we want and what we think is right instead of what God knows is right. What makes us right and God wrong? Submission starts with prayer. Praying the same thing over and over again as if it should change God’s mind is not the way to pray. Have you ever wondered “why pray if God already knows?” Prayer is where our hearts submit to God.
Your feelings can’t be your truth. When God wants something for you, it’s hard for you to do. We make alternatives and do what we want because it’s easier. Are your feelings your guide? “I feel therefore I am” or “I feel so strongly about this so God must be wrong” are not sayings that people should live by.
Trusting God is hard, let alone trusting is hard. Trust is earned. Praying bit by bit is a way of building a trust with God. Realizing that you can’t do it without God is submitting to him. By submitting you are saying “Okay God you win”. Even Jesus asked if there was any other way instead of dying on the cross, but he submitted and let his Father’s will be done. God invites you to wrestle and pray until you are broken. Through brokenness He becomes real, filling the void once you trust enough to let him in.
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