A prayer for submission by Dr. Neil T. Anderson.

Submit yourselves for the Lord's sake to every human institution. 1st Peter 213. The world system in which we were raised says

that you are nothing, so compete, scheme, achieve, and strive to get ahead.

The Bible teaches that you are something, so be submissive.

Here's how Peter said it.

You are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's own possession,

that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who has called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

For once you were not a people, but now you are a people of God.

You had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy. 1st Peter 2, 9 through 10.

Only after that affirmation of us being the people of God does Peter say,

submit yourselves for the Lord's sake to every human institution,

verse 13, and servants be submissive to your masters, verse 18. He even relates it to the home. In the same way, you wives, be

submissive to your own husbands, First Peter 3.

Submission is not a dirty word. It's a liberating word.

We are all under God's protective authority.

And we can only be free if we seek it and submit to it. Coming under

authority is your protection. Living free is your opportunity to be all that

God created you to be.

There are two types of people who will never live up to their potential in Christ.

Those who can't do what they are told to do,

and those who won't do anything unless they are told.

Don't wait to be told what you are already free to do.

...