Submission&Solitude

Okay,

So I read last weeks devotional but when it came time for me to post, I had nothing.
And then earlier during this week, I read the one on solitude and it all made sense!!

"SILENCE IS INTIMATELY RELATED TO TRUST"

So sometime last week, God asked me to lay down my life to serve. I immediately verbally agreed to the task at hand (I felt like there was something more that I needed to do), but my actions didnt reflect what I professed, nor did they validate what I said was in my heart.

What was really in my heart? Fear.

To make a long story short, I now understand that in order to submit, you have to trust, but to even get to a point where you can trust, you have to be silent, so that you can hear God's voice or atleast experience his reaffirming presence.

What's now in my heart? Understanding.

No longer will I run into isolation or crowds, because I need to hear the words of Jesus.

Because I want/need to be with others meaningfully, I will seek out the recreation of stillness in solitude.
Because I want/need to be alone safely, I will seek out fellowship and accountability of others.

-Submission&Solitude are one in the same.


Hopefully you can make some sense of this.

Jessica