Re: Verse reading–Ephesians 4:11-16; 1 Thessalonians 5:12-13; Hebrews 13:17-18 (day four)
We’ve been talking about relationships this quarter…relationships with children, parents, neighbors, employers, government, and church. Our passages this week teach us that we are to grow in our relationships. We are to strive to improve in how we interact with others. It seems that most all of our relationships require some level of submission to another. God has created man to be interdependent and to operate within His plan of leadership. To submit to another does not mean that one is superior over another…submission is a voluntary yielding of our will to another, based on their position or calling. God holds those in authority accountable for the way they wield their authority. At the end of the prophet Samuel’s life, he asked the nation if he had wronged any man. No man brought an accusation against him. (1 Samuel 12:3-4) As a leader, demonstrate integrity. As a follower, demonstrate submission. God’s plan brings peace and brings glory to His name.
