I Bow In Order To Stand
Micah 6:6-9 Amplified Bible (AMP)
6 With what shall I come before the Lord and bow myself before
God on high? Shall I come before Him with burnt offerings, with calves a year
old? 7 Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams or with
ten thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression,
the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? 8 He has showed
you, O man, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you but to do
justly, and to love kindness and mercy, and to humble yourself and
walk humbly with your God? 9 The voice of the Lord calls to the
city [Jerusalem]—and it is sound wisdom to hear and fear Your name—Hear
(heed) the rod and Him Who has appointed it.
Have you ever looked at your life and became a
bit frustrated because it felt as if you were always in a position of falling
down, or behind the curve ball? Have you
thought why am I continually in this place, the place where I am feeling like
instead of things coming into alignment, I am being bent to meet the needs of
others, or used up and often spit out? Some
years back, these were questions I found myself contemplating, and even asking
of God and asking. I even asked a woman
that was my mentor, and her response was not startling, but baffling, she asked
me had I truly bowed myself (submitted) to God? I was almost hurt by her
question because at that time in my life I was on the praise team, a member of
intercessory prayer, I was in MIT(Ministers in Training) training, I was a
walking deacon and I was over teen ministry. I was her armor bearer, I was on
hospitality and I cooked for my pastors.
I thought how in the world she could ask me this question when I was
sold out to ministry but what she was asking was had I sold out to God and had
I allowed not just my works but my soul and spirit to bow, and had I brought my
flesh under subjection to God; had my “self” bowed to the Almighty God and
allowed Him to become the one who lead my steps and not man. She was asking had I learned to do what was
pleasing in God’s sight and not to do things to gain favor with man, but that
my desire was for His favor, far above and beyond any other favor.
You see I learned in those days, we can do all of the
right things, but when God is not the focus, they are not the right thing at
all. I am not saying to serve is a bad
thing, but you will find that you may be frustrated and out of place and step,
because you have not first submitted all that you are to God and allowed Him to
purge out the things that would hinder your work, your focus or your wrong
motives that may cause you to get off track and out of His will. You see when we learn to bow our lives before
God our focus is on pleasing God, being in His will and living a life that is orchestrated
by Him, for Him. When we are placing our
confidence in man they hold the fate of our future in their hands and when they
do not do as they have promised it can cause destruction in our lives and cause
us to falter or sit down on the Calling of God on our lives when things do turn
out the way that they may have promised or we may thought that it would come to
pass. We will often find ourselves falling,
or face down in the hog pen because we are more connected to man than to God. But when we are submitted to God and sold out
to Him alone, we learn to discern situations, people and what we are called to
do and we do not go into things expecting man to move on our behalf, but we
understand that God is the one who does the moving for us and we understand
divine order and purpose.
The next time you are asking yourself questions like why I
keep end up being used by people; why do I always seem to find myself
struggling to stand up in the face of men.
Do an inventory and ensure that you have bowed before the Lord your
maker, the one that truly has made heaven and earth and everything in it to
include you. Surrender your will, your
plans, thoughts and aspirations to God, and let Him, be the one to establish
them and cause them to come into a place of completion and success. Cast not away your confidence, trust God with
all that you are and ever hope and pray to be!
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