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Submission. Eeks! (Ephesians 5:21-28)

Scripture of the Day: Ephesians 5:21-28

 22 Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.

22 Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord. 23 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. 24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.

25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her 26 to make her holy,cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, 27 and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. 28 In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 

Ephesians 5, oh, how I used to balk at you! I remember in my dating life my now husband had asked me if I would be able to submit to him and I wanted to end the relationship! And then, my friends, God changed my heart!

Our family is beginning a season of joyous weddings tomorrow! My sister in Christ is starting life anew - and with a wedding, my mind always goes to Ephesians 5!

Ladies, submitting to our husbands is so important! We don't do it because they are always right or because we are meant to spend a life being degraded and not have an opinion...we submit to our husbands because as head of the household, and as representing how Christ loved the church, they love us more than they love themselves. When you have a godly husband, and you trust that God really is in control, you also trust that God is guiding your husband and that when he makes decisions, your best interest is on his heart! 

Submitting is still not easy. There are times when I am stubborn and want one thing and going along with my husband is hard. Do you know what changes my stubbornness or pride when I don't want to do something? Prayer! And when my heart changes and I get over myself, I usually see that my awesome hubby was only doing what God had wanted.

These verses do NOT mean that God only communicates with your husband! It is very possible (and amazing) when you have a close personal relationship with God yourself. God doesn't ignore you because you are married! God wants you both to seek him first and as Eph 5:21 says: "submit to each other out of reverence for Christ."

I pray that if you are married, your husband loves you like Christ loves the church (which is you!). A love like that is the marriage relationship God intended. 







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