Submit To The Lord

“Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” – James 4:7

Pastor Casey Clark wrote: “Luther’s stand at the Diet of Worms is legendary. Having written blistering indictments of the abuses of the Catholic church and theological treatises which challenged its teachings, Luther was summoned in 1521 to the German city of Worms.

He could make it all go away. All he had to do was take it all back; to recant.
Rather than submit to the authorities representing the power of the pope and Holy Roman emperor, Luther submitted to the Holy Scriptures, in submission to God. He defended himself and his writings, knowing that it could mean an end to his life, ending with the words, “Here I stand. I cannot do otherwise.”

It isn’t hard to see why the actions of Martin Luther resonated with so many Christians, and why they still do today.

Luther might just as well have quoted Peter from Acts 5:29, that we ‘must obey God rather than any human authority.’”

The Lord wants us to listen to His warnings and to submit to Him.

Submit your heart to the Lord and make His will your will.

“Our satisfaction lies in submission to the divine embrace.” – Jan Van Ruysbroeck

“Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time.” – 1 Peter 5:6