Husbands & Wives

Friday's Devotion (3-3-06)

"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. Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing. Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;" Ephesians 5:23-25 (KJV)

Some of you women might feel offended, but don't.... There's going to be something in today's devotion for you too. Women are to be in submission to their husbands. That sounds easy enough, but it's not. Women should be in submission to their husbands, but their husbands are to be in complete submission to God too. There are certain things that you women don't have to put up with. You don't have to put up with your husband abusing you as he says, "I own you!" Some women have husbands that make them watch pornography with them, you don't have to put up with that either ladies... and you don't have to put up with your husband having affairs on you. If you're a married woman, then your husband is to treat you as the weaker vessel as the Bible tells us. When you're handling something delicate you don't throw it around, you treat it with care so it doesn't break. That is how your husbands are to treat you.

However, the husband is the man of the household. Not only in my mind should he be earning the cash to feed the family, but he should be in charge. You shouldn't walk in a store and see a man be completely controlled by the woman with no control over anything. Let's look at Adam and Eve. Eve took of the forbidden fruit, and made Adam eat too. Adam and Eve were commanded by God not to eat the forbidden fruit. Adam did something very shameful, he let his wife control him to the point where he went against God. I also have to say this. I know a person, (not going to name names,) but this person is completely dominated by his wife. She says, "Quit your job," and he does. She says, "Go stay with your mom and get out of my house," and he does. She has affairs on him and tells him, "Beat up the guy I had an affair with," and he does. I say this in all seriousness. She will tell him when she has an affair, just to see him beat up someone. He knows what others think of it. It's shameful. It's shameful to lose complete control of your own household.

Bottom line: Both the husband and the wife should treat each other with care. They should always have their spouse's feelings in mind. This is why the Bible says for wives to be in submission to their husbands, because the husband is supposed to have his wife's best interests in mind. He is supposed to care for her, not abuse her. Ladies, you don't have to put up with abuse, and you don't have to put up with your husbands cheating on you. If you're being abused then call for help, and get out of that marriage. That is not what God wants for you. Husbands use only half of this scripture all the time in order to abuse their wives. They only use the part that tells the wives to be in submission or to be subject to their husbands. They don't tell you the part where the husband is supposed to treat the wife as the weaker vessel. They don't tell you that they're supposed to love you and care for you. If you have an abusive husband, don't let him dominate you with only half the truth.

Prayer: Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for this message, and for all things. Please forgive us of all our sins, and we forgive all those who've wronged us. Please help husbands to treat their wives right, and vice versa. Don't let husbands and wives use only half the truth in order to dominate and abuse their spouse. We know that you love all your children equally both male and female. In Jesus name. A-men!

God bless!

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