Submission is freeing! If only we could see that most things in life are not major issues, then we could hold them more lightly. Usually the best way to handle most matters of submission is to say nothing. There is a need for an all-encompassing spirit of grace beyond any kind of language or action.
The Biblical teaching on submission focuses primarily on the spirit with which we view other people. Jesus' teaching on self-denial is the only thing that will genuinley bring self-fulfillment and self-actualization.
"To have no opinion of oursevles, and to think always well and highly of others, is great wisdom and perfection."
Kempis
Jesus lived a cross-life in submission to his fellow human beings. He was the servant of all. If anything, the sting on the teaching on submission falls on the dominant partner- it is not at all repressive to the submissive!
Spiritual authority is marked by compassion and power. Revolutionary submission would command us to live in submission to human authority until it becomes destructive.
