SS 2 CRS
2nd Term
Submission
to the will of God: trust in God
Before a person can submit to another person’s
will, he must have trusted that person. That is, he must verify that the person
is good to him, knows what is good for him and is able to do it for him. It is
upon these three that submission to the will of God is predicated. God is
omnibenevolent, omniscient, and omnipotent. A person that has affirmed these
attributes of god cannot but submit to his will. The following are examples of
those that submitted to God’s will.
David submits to the will of God (I Sam 26:1-25,
2Sam 12:15-25): David had the opportunity to kill Saul and become king, but
since that is not the will of God, he allowed God’s time come (i.e. for God’s
will to be done). Another instance where David showed submission is in the
death of Bathsheba’s baby. David earnestly prayed for the boy’s life to be
spared but since the boy died David saw it as God’s will.
Jonah submits to the will of God (Jonah 1 & 2):
Jonah was a prophet of the lord sent to the people of Nineveh to tell them that
God wants to destroy them because of their sin. But Jonah refused to go to
Nineveh, instead he boarded a ship from Joppa to Tarshish. The lord troubled
the sea to prevent the ship from its course. When Jonah discovered that it was
because of him that this was happening, he asked the sailors to throw him
overboard. As soon as Jonah was thrown into the sea, a great fish swallowed
him. Jonah remained in the belly of the fish for 3 days. In his ordeal, Jonah
prayed unto the lord and accepted God’s will for him to go to Nineveh. Hence,
God commanded the fish to take him to Nineveh and vomit him there. He went to
the people preached to them and they repented.
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