I WAS RAISED IN POLICE BARRACKS. From childhood, I had the privilege of seeing the demonstration of Authority by high ranking Police Officers on one hand and the obedient response from Lower Officers on the other hand. Each Policeman knew his place and limits, both in the Barracks as well as in the Office. Till this day, I can’t recall an instance of insubordination by a Junior Officer to a Senior Police Officers in all the Barracks where we lived until my Dad’s retirement. This was greatly due to the fact that Officers were not confused about each other’s Rank and Position. They were all human beings of course but they were not all of the the same rank. So also in Marriage.
It’s true that Spouses are One Flesh but there’s still the Seniority, Status and Rank factors. These factors are not physical but spiritual. It’s in RECOGNITION of these factors that Sarah called Abraham, her husband, MY LORD (1Pet.3:6)
God’s Word makes it abundantly clear that the Husband is THE HEAD of the Wife(Eph.5:23), THE RULER in the Home(Gen.3:16;1Tim.3:4,12) and THE ONE FOR WHOM THE WIFE WAS CREATED (1 Cor.11:9; Gen.2:18). The Wife is therefore DIVINELY COMMANDED to SUBMIT TO HER HUSBAND IN EVERYTHING .
Now, Submission encompasses many things. It includes:
(a) GREETINGS
When you wake up in the morning, Wife greet your husband FIRST, instead of waiting for him to greet you first. Queens go to the King in the mornings to make obeisance and to salute His Royal Majesty. Not the other way round. The Church worships Christ FIRST every morning, not the other way round.
(b) HONOUR AND RESPECT
Part of the Wife’s Submission is sincere demonstration of HONOUR AND RESPECT for her husband. The Bible calls this REVERENCE. God commands Wives to REVERENCE THEIR HUSBANDS (Eph. 5:33).
Women are good at this by nature. You see them kneel down for Pastors without being asked, all as a way of showing RESPECT FOR THE MAN OF GOD. This is very good. But please, do it for THE MAN OF THE HOME also! Don’t despise your husband at home and respect other men outside. It’s cruel hypocrisy.
Respect is also reflected in how you talk. You never shout at a your Pastor, let alone daring to raise your voice at your Bishop. You talk to these MEN with soberness and respect. Talk to your husband with the same soberness and respect.
(c) OBEDIENCE AND COMPLIANCE
Submission involves obedience and compliance to ORDERS.
Dear Wife, when you visit the Hospital for medical checkup during Pregnancy and the Doctor tells you to put off your dress, lie down on the Pelvic Exam Table and fully open your thighs for vaginal exam, do you ever get angry, fume and resist the Doctor’s Orders??? NOT AT ALL . Instead YOU HAPPILY COMPLY WITH SMILES; even though the Doctor may be far younger than both you and your dear husband. Now, THAT’S SUBMISSION. If it’s EASY to submit to a young Doctor’s Pelvic Exam procedures because YOU RECOGNIZE THAT HE IS A DOCTOR , then it’s easy to submit to your own husband IN EVERYTHING if you RECOGNIZE HIM AS YOUR HEAD, SENIOR AND RULER IN MARRIAGE .
No longer let the devil deceive you to believe that Submitting to your husband is difficult. SUBMISSION IS EASY
❤️ TODAY’S ONE FLESH ACTION
Today is Sunday and therefore a work free day for most people.
Spend time together in companionship. Play together. Have some fun. And round off the whole time in the Bedroom with a Five Minutes Nonstop Kiss!
HAPPY NEW MARRIAGE