YESTERDAY, WE LOOKED AT A NUMBER of things including who the Wife is to her husband. Today, we’re considering who the Husband is to the wife.
(1) WHO IS THE HUSBAND TO HIS WIFE?
Our theme scripture tells us that the husband is THE HEAD OF THE WIFE.
“For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.”
This verse authoritatively declares the position of the husband in the life of the wife. He is HER HEAD, HER LEADER! This means: there’s one leader in the marriage union and that leader isn’t the wife but the husband. He occupies the same position that Jesus Christ occupies in the life of the Church. Christ is the Head of the Church. However, His headship isn’t authoritarian, dominating and subjugating. He leads and guides the Church in love, humility and compassion. This is the kind of headship God demands husbands to give to their wives: a love-driven leadership.
The response of the wife to their husband’s Christ-like headship in marriage should be TOTAL SUBMISSION AND REVERENCE. Just as the Church gives Christ total and unadulterated submission, so should the wives to their husbands.
(2) YOUR HUSBAND IS YOUR “FACE”, YOUR IDENTITY.
After God created the Woman, He brought her to the Man, blessed both of them and gave them a name. What name? The name of the husband!
“Male and female created he them; and blessed them, AND CALLED THEIR NAME ADAM, in the day when they were created.”(Genesis 5: 2)
This means that the husband’s name is every wife’s divine identity. That’s why once a woman gets married, she instantly drops her father’s name and bears her husband’s name as her surname. This connotes a lot. It implies that the husband is also a father figure in the life of the wife. He is a Patriarch in her life. All these make it necessary for the wife to understand that her husband is not just a mere man with whom she sleeps, he is a Lord in her life. It’s this kind of understanding that inspired Sarah to reverence Abraham so deeply that she called him: “MY LORD”. It takes revelation and special insights for a woman to understand these things. Thank God, those necessary insights are being delivered to you this morning via this teaching. Your husband is not just another masculine entity around you, he’s so much more. He’s your LORD, just as Christ is LORD to the Church; and the Church voluntarily submits to Him, reverences Him and joyfully worships Him. Let’s read something from the Psalms that will help us understand the point we’re dealing with right now:
“10 Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; FORGET ALSO THINE OWN PEOPLE, AND THY FATHER’S HOUSE;
11 So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: FOR HE IS THY LORD; AND WORSHIP THOU HIM.” (Psalm 45: 10-11)
Even from the Old Testament, it’s clear that what would grant a wife favour and acceptance with her husband isn’t BEAUTY. Rather we see those things in the two verses immediately above. They are complete mental and emotional departure from her father’s house and submission and reverence (worship) for her husband. No husband would want to crush such a wife. Instead, her humility and reverence for him will earn her more of his respect, love and affection. Those were the experience of Sarah. Abraham continually loved and respected her because she was submissive and obedient to him.
(3) YOUR HUSBAND IS YOUR “SOCIAL COVERING”
Has it ever occurred to you that the tag “MRS” adds so much respect to a woman? And not just respect, it serves as a protective wall of defence around her in the society. When men who are driven by lust see her and realize that she’s married, they’re careful with their tongues. They stop hissing, etc. The only exception is if the married woman is in the habit of not dressing properly. If you’re a married woman but dress like a Prostitute because you want to be fashionable, then expect to lose the social benefits that should be yours as a wife. Boys and men will hiss at you and some would boldly approach you, tell you how sexy you look and quickly ask you out. And when you retort: ” How dare you? Can’t you see that I’m a married woman?” They’d laugh at you and give you a cutting answer that would embarrass you thoroughly.
🔥🔥🔥 FAITH DECREE:
🔥LET EVERY WIFE READING THIS DEVOTIONAL PIECE BE DIVINELY HELPED TO KNOW THE WORTH OF HER HUSBAND AND JOYFULLY SUBMIT TO HIM.
🍷🍗 TAKE-HOME LESSON: YOUR HUSBAND ISN’T JUST ANOTHER GUY OR BLOKE IN TOWN. HE’S SO MUCH MORE! HE’S YOUR COVENANT HEAD AND LEADER. OBEY AND REVERENCE HIM. IT PAYS RICHLY TO DO SO!
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