Submission sometimes feels like a dirty word. However, Christian submission to God’s grants freedom and joy. 

1. Submission requires action righteously: Our desires are not always what God wants for us. Sometimes, we must submit our wants to God’s plan knowing it is for our benefit.
2. Acknowledge God work counter culturally: God’s will is counter cultural; telling believers to seek after the things of heaven and neglect the desires of the world.
3. Requires spiritual accounting: What is worth more, the things of this world or the things of God? Following God requires intentionally neglecting the things which pull us away from Him.

 (Citations: Matthew 5:5; D.L Moody; Philippines 4:13; Colossians 3:23; Acts 16:6-7, 16:9-10; James 4:13-15; Matthew 26:39, 6:9-13; James 1:17; John 1:1; Matthew 5:10; John 17:5; 1 Peter 1:3-4)