Devotion 2: Wives Submit to their Husbands
Katie Pettibone
"Wives, submit to your husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands." Ephesians 5:22-24
When I think of the word “submission”, for some reason I also think of the word “devote.” To me, you cannot have one without the other. To be devoted to something means you have dedicated yourself to it. Now, when you dedicate yourself to something, say like keeping a job or finishing an assignment for school to get a good grade, you have to submit to it. Like with a job or class, you have to follow certain rules and regulations that are set in place so you get the job or assignment done successfully. If you don't follow these rules and instructions, then you are setting yourself up for failure. You could lose your job or get a bad grade. This is why we need to submit, because when we do, we will see the blessing God has planned for us.
In “Disciplines of a Godly Woman” by Barbara Hughes, she writes all about submission being the way to blessing. “All believers, men and women, are called to willingly and cheerfully submit to what we know and trust about God - that he wants us to live a life of blessing. That life of blessing is found in submitting to God’s loving rule and God's order in this world. So submission is the path to blessing.” I love the way this is worded because it puts into perspective the beauty of submission. Wives are supposed to submit to their husbands, that is a fact. When you married him, you devoted yourself to him, therefore you are to submit to him. But first and foremost, God should be the treasure of the household.
The family should look to the Lord and devote themselves to the one who gave them the blessing of family in the first place. We cannot live a righteous life without God being at the head and center of it.
So wives and children, and husbands (yes I am talking to you, too), look inwardly in your heart. Have you devoted yourself to the Lord? If you have done so, have you submitted your life to Him? In Matthew 6:21 Jesus says, “Where your treasure is - there your heart will be also.” Take a look at what you have been submitting to recently and if it has not been the Lord, that means you have been treasuring other things. Take the time to pray and be with the Lord as a family today and get back on track if you need to.
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