MAKING YOUR MARRIAGE
WORK I
Memorise: Who can find a virtuous woman? For
her price is far above rubies.
Proverbs 31:10
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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