22 Wives, submit to your husbands as 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.
Thought of the day….
I recently talked to a friend of mine at work about how she had difficulty in submitting to her husband. Because of this I wanted to post a past thought of the day.
It’s funny, when my wife jokingly says she can’t read verses 22 thru 24, it does make me think how difficult it is for wives to submit to their husbands and allow them to be heads of the household. I think the key to this submission is based in verse 25. We should love our wives as Christ loved the church and that we would be willing to die for them. When we, as husbands, are reluctant to take the role of the spiritual leader of the home or the head of the household it may be because we are comfortable in leaving that role to our wives. Other times, the wife has taken that role because the husband is too busy in his career or other activities. It is our responsibility to be the leader of our homes and to lead with love. We are to lead with our wives and not by dictatorship. It’s much easier for the wife to take the roll of submission when the husband has fulfilled his role of loving and caring for his wife.
Today I ask, are you ready to love your wife like Christ loved the church? Are you ready to be the leader of your home?