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Of course, we should not submit to an abuser. But God is not abusive >I cannot submit and be humble to God. I want to go my own way. I won't be humble and submit like I won't be humble and submit an abusive friend or one who was going in my way.
"'Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.'" (Matthew 11:28-30)
And we are the ones who can abuse our own selves. We can give in to many ways of being anti-love >
worry
unforgiveness
bitterness
wrath and anger
lusts for different sorts of pleasure and control and excitement and accomplishment which do not have us deeply loving and caring with hope for any and all people
self-righteous criticism of others, looking down on wrong people instead of having compassion with hope for them
immoral stuff
Only with Jesus can we live in real love.
God is not merely about controlling us, then; but our Heavenly Father desires to change us to be like Jesus so we can share with God and please God the way Jesus pleases and shares with our Father; and with Jesus we can love the way He loves as family, and this while caring with hope for any and all people.
So, God is about sharing as family.
And so, it is wise for you not to get God and Satan mixed up.
Satan is the tyrant who accuses God of being a tyrant. And so, yes there are people who are sharing with Satan > while they might be accusing God of being an abuser and slave master, they are letting themselves be abused by Satan's unforgiveness, bitterness, frustration, stress, lusts, confusion, anger and rage and arguing, and complaining.
So, while they claim they don't want to be abused and used, they are submitting to Satan's dishonesty and abuse.
"Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you." (James 4:7)
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