Submission



Pro 10:8  A wise heart takes orders; an empty head will come unglued. 

	
	In the heart where worship is formed and developed there is a wisdom gained that produces fruit in 

submission. There is an ability acquired to discern the voice of God and respond to it with, "Speak, Lord, for 

your servant heareth". Left on its own to reason and to contest every directive given, the mind will soon 

become completely void of any significant thought and will not possess the ability to make the decision for 

compliance that would lead to joy in obedience. 
	
	It is so easy to get caught up in the experience of personal and corporate worship where the 

presence of God is savored like an exquisite meal. He actually desires this for us, to be so consumed with 

giving sacrifices of thanksgiving and praise that we lose passion for the things of this life. This is when the 

heart connection is made and the transformation of heart substance begins to take place. Each moment in 

this place of worship is a culture in which the life of God within can grow in its dominance over the flesh. As 

wonderful as this place is, however, the true life of worship isn't confined in its expression to these moments of 

personal or corporate worship. There is a practical element in the life of one who would worship that carries 

this heart from the rooms where sacrifices are made to the outside, where every task requested is completed 

with diligence and attention to detail. Though not nearly as glamorous or "spiritual" from our point of view, 

God's perspective is that obedience and submission are far more important than the sacrifices.  
	
	King Saul was told by Samuel to go and completely destroy his enemy:


1Sa 15:3  Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay 
	
	both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass. 

	
	Possibly because he just couldn't bring himself to do this terrible thing, or maybe because he so 

much enjoyed the times of sacrifice when the presence of God would be so strong, Saul was unable to submit 

to this command. By allowing his mind to become involved in making this decision instead of his heart, he 

actually lost the capacity within his mind for stability or sanity. Saul never gained the understanding that it 

wasn't about the sacrifice, but it was about to Whom the sacrifice was given. If only he could have known that 

a heart-driven decision to completely obey was the greatest sacrifice he could make, he would have 

experienced a far greater reward in true worship. 
	
	There is, for us, a heart of worship that may influence every moment of our existence. It's greatest 

expression will not be in the movements of "defined" worship, but rather it will be in the simple submission to 

the smallest direction given, no matter how it may contradict all thought or reason. In this yielding there will 

not only be a retention of thought processes, but they will become increasingly established in righteousness, 

far from oppression. 


2/4/04