GO BACK AND SUBMIT YOURSELF

 

When you have a very hard, difficult and callous boss, colleague, neighbour, landlord and so on, what do you do?

Many times, most of us withdraw, give up, resign, become defensive, regret it, run away and so on. Although most of us will do that and that is not the best option. If that is not the best option, then what should one do?

Genesis 16:6-9 NKJV

So Abram said to Sarai, “Indeed your maid is in your hand; do to her as you please.” And when Sarai dealt harshly with her, she fled from her presence. Now the Angel of the Lord found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, by the spring on the way to Shur. And He said, “Hagar, Sarai’s maid, where have you come from, and where are you going?” She said, “I am fleeing from the presence of my mistress Sarai.” The Angel of the Lord said to her, “Return to your mistress, and submit yourself under her hand.”

Hagar ran away or fled because her madam dealt with her harshly, cruelly, caused trouble for her, mistreated her. But an Angel met her on the way and asked her what she was doing there, and she said she ran away because of what her madam meted out to her. Then the angel said, "go back and summit to her Authority or summit yourself under her hand".

The above gives us an insight into what we need to do when we have a very difficult boss. I have heard of people who ran away like house helps who could not bear the iron hand of their madams, boss and so on.

We are to remain or stay there, in that position, in that job, in that house, in that neighbourhood and so on and summit to the hand of Authority in that place no matter what.

It is painful when you are treated badly by a superior but staying back and summitting to them is the solution. You need the training, the discipline and so on to become better. If you run away, you may miss out on what you need to learn in that place. And how are you sure you will not meet a much difficult person when you move on to another person(s) or to another place.

The problem here is the problem of submission. People tend to summit when things are rosy and comfortable or when they have a very good, understanding and easy boss. But they find it difficult to submit to the so called "wicked, heartless and cruel boss, parents and leaders." 

We are to submit to leadership no matter who the person is, the age, the nature and experience of the person.