Choices, choices, actions

I wonder, honestly, what people think of submission. Do they think it’s a one time choice? Or do they think it’s something that is done often? Or something that isn’t really a decision, but a series of choices? Maybe a mixture of all three? Or maybe there’s a whole thought altogether that I’m missing. I’m not sure.

The first thing that does come to mind is the apostle Peter. It seemed that when Christ was on earth, Peter was completely devoted to Jesus. There was no end to the submission. But then Christ was captured. Tortured. Killed. No more devotion from Peter. No more submission. This leads me to believe that submission is a continual choice. If we read on in the bible we see that Jesus comes back, and Peter is once again submissive to Christ, and he stays that way for the rest of his life.

However, I also doubt that Peter was able to stay totally submissive to Christ his whole life. I know that there’s a battle that goes on inside me all the time. It’s a battle to be submissive to Christ, or submissive to myself. This leads me to believe that submission isn’t so much a continual decision as a bunch of choices that show submission.

I want you to think for a second. As humans, we can make a choice, but that doesn’t always mean much. On Sunday morning I can easily make the choice to read my bible everyday, but that choice doesn’t mean squat unless I follow through with it. In other words, I can make the choice to be submissive to Christ, but it doesn’t mean anything unless I follow through with it.

It’s the same thing with wedding vows. When you take them you are making the choice to be submissive to the person you are marrying, but it’s not really submission until you do it.

I’m pretty sure that it’s both a choice and an action. But I’m also pretty sure that the important part is that it’s continual. It’s a continual choice followed by an action. And so I think it also has to be said that if you’re not continually making a choice to follow God and then doing it, you’re continually making a choice in the opposite direction.

Which leads me to yet another question:

What choices are you making?

Submissive to God choices?

Submissive to Spouse choices?

Submissive to People choices?

Or submissive to self choices?

What kind of actions are you making?

Submissive to God actions?

Submissive to Spouse actions?

Submissive to People actions?

Or submissive to self actions?

Think ‘bout it…