Ephesians 5:22-24
"Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything." Ephesians 5:22-24
Before we really dive into our devotional time lets get the elephant out of the room. The world reads these verses and think that Christian women are lesser than men, and that is far from the truth. When we slow down and look at Ephesians 5 through the Gospel lens, we see something very special. We see a powerful illustration of love for the believers. We often hear the word submission or submit and think of a loss of power or voice, and once again, that is far from the truth. Instead, we can view submission as trust. When we surrender our lives to Christ, we choose to submit ourselves to him. We see in today's verses that wives are to summit to their own husbands as you do to the Lord. Wives this is speaking about trusting in Biblical leadership in the home. When Sarah and I got married we talked about these very verses as it was important to both of us that we were on the same page. We decided that when an urgent decision is needed and it impacts the safety or health of our family, Sarah would follow my lead. 99.9999999% ( I cannot express how many .99999 it really should be) of the other times Sarah and I would make decisions together, we would talk about things and make a decision as a couple. You see ladies, the world wants you to believe that when you submit to your husband’s Biblical leadership you are becoming lesser, instead, you are choosing to honor God by embracing his design for marriage. It mirrors the relationship between Christ and the church. A relationship that is built on love, sacrifice and devotion.
Here is the kicker, the Bible does not end in verse 24, it continues on, if we peak at verse 25 we see the call for husbands to love their wives as Christ loved the church. We all are called wives, husbands, and even kids, to reflect a model of love that we see from Jesus Christ. We must ask ourselves, are we modeling our relationship with our spouse based on the culture or based on Christlike love? At the end of the day this is not just about marriage, it's about reflecting Jesus in how we relate to others. When we live with a surrendering heart we point people to Him.
Before we really dive into our devotional time lets get the elephant out of the room. The world reads these verses and think that Christian women are lesser than men, and that is far from the truth. When we slow down and look at Ephesians 5 through the Gospel lens, we see something very special. We see a powerful illustration of love for the believers. We often hear the word submission or submit and think of a loss of power or voice, and once again, that is far from the truth. Instead, we can view submission as trust. When we surrender our lives to Christ, we choose to submit ourselves to him. We see in today's verses that wives are to summit to their own husbands as you do to the Lord. Wives this is speaking about trusting in Biblical leadership in the home. When Sarah and I got married we talked about these very verses as it was important to both of us that we were on the same page. We decided that when an urgent decision is needed and it impacts the safety or health of our family, Sarah would follow my lead. 99.9999999% ( I cannot express how many .99999 it really should be) of the other times Sarah and I would make decisions together, we would talk about things and make a decision as a couple. You see ladies, the world wants you to believe that when you submit to your husband’s Biblical leadership you are becoming lesser, instead, you are choosing to honor God by embracing his design for marriage. It mirrors the relationship between Christ and the church. A relationship that is built on love, sacrifice and devotion.
Here is the kicker, the Bible does not end in verse 24, it continues on, if we peak at verse 25 we see the call for husbands to love their wives as Christ loved the church. We all are called wives, husbands, and even kids, to reflect a model of love that we see from Jesus Christ. We must ask ourselves, are we modeling our relationship with our spouse based on the culture or based on Christlike love? At the end of the day this is not just about marriage, it's about reflecting Jesus in how we relate to others. When we live with a surrendering heart we point people to Him.
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