MAKING
YOUR MARRIAGE WORK I
Memorise:
Who can find a virtuous woman? For her price is far above rubies.
Read:
Ephesians 5:21-25,
21 Submitting yourselves one to another
in the fear of God.
22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your
own husbands, as unto the Lord.
23 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.
24 Therefore as the church is subject
unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.
25 Husbands, love your wives, even as
Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
Bible in
one year: Matthew 7:1-9:26, Job 11:7-20
MESSAGE!!!
It takes
great commitment to make a marriage successful and blissful. This gift of God
demands the commitment of those who are involved. The good thing is that the
Bible is not silent on what couples must do to make their marriages work. I
pray for couples reading this devotional; your marriage will be highly
successful in Jesus’ name.
In our
Bible reading for today, we are blessed with some principles which will help us
make our marriage work. The first one that catches our attention is the mutual
submission between the husband and the wife. Both the husband and the wife must
learn to mutually submit to one another. The reason is found in the first
epistle of Paul to the Corinthians:
“Let the
husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto
the husband. The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband hath not
power of his own body, but the wife.”
1st Corinthians
7:3-4
Another
principle that any woman who wants her marriage to succeed should imbibe is
unconditional
submission. This is the submission that does not attach any
condition to compliance. This Christian wife must learn to submit to the
husband. When she does this, she receives a blessing which money cannot buy
from God.
“For after
this manner in the old time the holy woman also, who trusted in God, adorned
themselves, bring in subjection unto their own husbands: Even as Sara obeyed
Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are as long as ye do well, and
are not afraid with any amazement.”
1st Peter
3:5-6
It is
dangerous for a woman to go into a marriage partnership with a man she will not
submit herself to. It is better for such a woman not to get married at all.
When the Word of God says, “Wives, submit….” Some people take this as a piece
of advice. However, it is not a piece of advice, but an express command; it
must be obeyed. As a matter of fact, the Bible goes further to reveal the
degree of submission; it says: “…. as the Church is subject unto Christ, so let
the wives be to their own husbands in everything.” Years ago, I counselled one
of my daughters along this line when she began to have problems with her
marriage. Initially, she did not find it pleasant, but I told her that she
could not do the contrary if she really wanted her marriage to work. The
problem with her then was that she was as highly educated as her husband and
she felt she had equal rights with her husband. May the Lord bless your home
with eternal peace in Jesus’ name.
Action
Point
Take a
practical step of voluntary submission to your husband as unto the Lord today,
and the Lord will give you a peaceful home.
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