“During the days of Jesus’ life on earth, he offered up prayers and petitions with fervent cries and tears to the one who could save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverent submission.” –Hebrews 5:7

How do you pray? Why do you pray? To satisfy your own desires or God’s? Do you pray expecting God to simply give you everything you ask or do you pray offering everything you have to receive everything God has for you?

When we pray with submission we offer all we are for all God has. Praying with submission is living in full obedience of God’s plan on our lives. Having obedience in good times and also in times of suffering. We will undergo trials, it’s inevitable, but we survive and make it out of these trials not because we want to suffer, but because we want to obey God. Let Jesus encourage you in times of trial and when you pray, pray with, here it is again,reverent submission, willing to live out God’s purpose for you.

What does reverent submission mean to you and how can you live it out today?