The Life of a Disciple: Submission
Submission is an ethical theme that runs the gamut of the New Testament. It is a posture obligatory upon all Christians: men as well as women, fathers as well as children, masters as well as slaves. We are commanded to live a life of submission because Jesus lived a life of submission, not because we are in a particular place or station in life. Self-denial is a posture fitting for all those who follow the crucified Lord. . .The cross-life is the life of voluntary submission. The cross-life is the life of freely accepted servanthood.
from Richard J. Foster’s Celebration of Discipline.