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“Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers” (Psalms 1:1-3).
Luke 5:1-11 tells of Jesus getting into Peter’s boat. Peter had work all night fishing and had caught nothing. Jesus told him to drop his nets for a catch. This defied all the experience and expertise Peter had as a fisherman. When he did what Jesus said, he found great success. Listening to God can save us a lot of time and trouble.
I believe the Christian family unit has slowly become out of whack over time. The divorce rate in Christian homes is about the same as it is in non-Christian homes. It has become politically correct to over emphasize how a husband is to behave toward his wife instead of what his role is. Maybe this is because men are afraid of being accused of being chauvinist control freaks if we discuss the issue of submission.
Many men hand over the leadership role to women from the time of their first date. This is not biblical and not God’s way. It is our culture’s way. Our culture says men should be in touch with their feminine side. Maybe, but God never intended for men and women to switch roles. How has right become wrong and wrong become right in so many areas of our culture?
My motive in writing this is not to diminish the fact that husbands are called to give their lives for their wives just as Christ gave His life for the church. On the contrary, I want to evaluate how a husband should give his life for his wife. I want to examine some issues that I believe have slowly fallen through the cracks. I will try to do this by leaving out political correctness and the psychology of the day.
In 1 Samuel chapter 3, the Lord tells Samuel that He will judge Eli’s family for the sins in his family that Eli new about. Eli failed to restrain his family. Eli was responsible for his family but just stuck his head in the sand.
In Ephesians chapter 5, wives are called to submit to their husbands in all things and respect their husbands. The husband is the head of the wife. Husbands are to do like Christ did for the church by giving themselves for their wives in order to present them as holy and blameless.
1 Peter chapter 3 talks about how Sarah submitted to Abraham, obeyed him, and called him master. Wives are Sarah’s daughters if they do what is right and do not give way to FEAR. This is one of those biblical truths that is not politically correct. Husbands are to be considerate and respect their wives as the weaker partner. They are heirs with their husbands of the gracious gift of life. Husbands should be considerate and respectful of their wives so their prayers will not be hindered. The beginning of this chapter also says that husbands who do not believe the Word may be won over by the actions of their wives, NOT words.
Colossians 1:22 proclaims that we are reconciled by Christ’s death so we can be presented holy, without blemish, and free from accusation. The only way husbands can present their wives holy and free from accusation is by completely submitting to God and being led by Him. Before husbands hassle their wives about not completely submitting to them, they might want to evaluate how well they are completely submitting to Christ.
Colossians 3 starting in verse 18 also discusses some guidelines for Christian households. The fact that wives are to submit is repeated here as it is in many places in the bible. However, one thing that stands out to me here is that husbands are not to be harsh with their wives. To me this means husbands should not boss their wives around or use an unloving tone.
In Genesis 2 verse 18, God gave Adam a helper suitable for him. That was Eve. The wife is the husband’s helper. Before God gave Adam his helper, He told him not to eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. God told Adam this. He was leading and directing Adam not Adam’s helper. Adam’s leadership obviously failed. He followed Eve instead of God. Adam let Eve lead.
I do not know of anywhere in the bible where God instructs the wife to lead the husband. I can’t find anywhere where it says the husband should ask the wife’s permission for anything. I can’t find a single place in God’s word where He says everyone in the family gets an equal vote.
I own a number of businesses. My vote is the only one that counts and that vote carries tremendous responsibility. I have managers in those businesses. I never contradict the manager or diminish his or her role. I respect the manager’s position but I lead the manager. They don’t lead me. The proverbs 31 woman is an amazing manager of the home who is more valuable than rubies. Her husband has full confidence in her. That’s cool because she doesn’t have to be and shouldn’t be micro managed. She only needs to be led. In many Christian homes the men are not leading. Why? The wife begins to FEAR and tries to be the leader. The husband lets the wife lead because he is afraid he will get nagged if he doesn’t let the wife have the control she wants. She wants the control because in her mind that will help to remove the fear. It makes sense that an enemy would attack at the weakest link. That is the wife. This is exactly what the serpent did with Adam and Eve.
If we meditate on the scripture mentioned in this blog, it becomes obvious to me that the husband should lead and the wife should submit. That doesn’t mean everything will be perfect but at least if these two things are done the Christian home will be in line with God’s order.
Many men are not leading their families. That is the husbands fault not the wife’s. It is the husband’s responsibility to lead and the wife’s responsibility to submit in ALL things. If a husband will lead his wife in a godly way, he is giving his life for her and protecting her. A husband throwing the submission issue in his wife’s face is not respecting her. I really believe if husbands will LOVINGLY lead, wives will happily and fearlessly submit to that leadership.