The Power of Submission

Can I just take a moment to say that as husbands and wives we need to stop listening the world's definition of submission and trust in the word of God? In Ephesians 5:21-25, "Submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ Jesus. Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, and is himself its Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to everything to their husbands. Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her."

Simply put, if every marriage put their trust into these few scriptures the divorce rate would sharply decrease and there would be many more happy and successful marriages. If you read the scripture carefully, you would see that the first command is for both husband and wife to submit to each other as they would submit to Christ Jesus. Before a wife can submit to her husband the husband must take the leadership role and show her submission. Once this happens the wife can and should submit to her husband as she would submit to God.

It is absolutely crucial that the husband feels that he is honored and respected by his wife. When a wife submits to her husband she is showing him honor and respect. In return the husband, according to the word of God will go to the ends of the earth for his wife.

The following scripture gives the husband the charge of loving their wives as Christ loved the church. This means that they are to make their wife's needs and interests ahead of their own. This is very interesting because no where in the Bible does the word of God give this charge to wives.

In 1Cornithians11:8, "For man was not made from woman, but woman from man. Neither was man created for woman, but woman for man." Remember we are taught that Adam was created first and then Eve was created from the rib of Adam. So husbands take your God given role as leader as you take authority over your wives. Caution, remember this does not mean that you are king and what you say is law. This means that you show your wives that you can be a leader and love with agape love. Wives, this does not mean that you are to be a foot stool with no ground. It does mean that you are to honor and respect your husbands as he continues to follow Jesus.