Submission to the Sovereignty of God

As we learn to depend on Him, as He exercises His full rights over our lives, we begin to enjoy letting Him live through us, even in unpleasant situations. Since one of the goals of the flesh is to maintain control, as the Lord begins to exert His absolute control over our life, there will be conflict with the flesh, both our own and the flesh of those who, for whatever reason, believe they have a right to exert spiritual, or in some cases soulical or natural rights over us that they do not have. But as we continue to submit our rights, we also become blind to how the Lord deals with these situations.

One of the reasons we may avoid learning to know God for ourselves, and be directly under His authority and lordship, is we are believing lies, and are afraid of what He may say to us or ask us to do. You DO want to know Him. By grace we know that we are already totally acceptable, honored and loved by Him permanently, so that whatever He may say or ask of us, it is for our good, to bring healing, deliverance and rest to us and through us. Don’t tell Him what to do, or how to do it; He is under no obligation to tell us when or how or what.

The Act of Waiting

Just as there are things we can do to hinder our soul from learning to know God on the same level as our spirit (denying God’s sovereignty, refusing to change our beliefs, etc.), there are habits we can develop, opportunities that we can respond to that will cooperate with God in His plans for His revealing. The fastest and most effective habit we can learn is the Act of Waiting on the Lord. For our purposes, waiting on the Lord is the process by which our soul and body are presented before the Lord in stillness by faith to provide Him the opportunity to do His work without our conscious interference. Who you truly are, a spirit being, is in perfect communion and communication with God.