Bible reading: Ephesians. 5:21-25
It takes great commitment to make a marriage blissful and successful. This gift of God demands the commitment of those who are involved. The good thing is that the Bible is not silent on what people must do to make their marriage work. I pray for couples using this devotional, your marriage will be highly successful in Jesus name. In our Bible reading for today, we are blessed with some principles that will help us make our marriage work. The first one that catches our attention is the mutual submission between the husband and the wife. The husband and the wife must learn to 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 the wife also unto the husband. The wife hath no power of her own body, but the husband and likewise also the husband hath no power of his own body, but the wife.
1Corinthians. 7:3-4
A principle that any woman who wants her marriage to succeed should imbibe is unconditional submission. This is the condition that doesn't require any condition compliance. The Christian wife must learn to submit to her 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 women also who trusted in God adorned themselves being in submission unto their own husband:even as Sarah submitted unto Abraham calling him Lord, whose daughters ye are as long as ye do well and are not afraid with any amazement.1Pet. 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 woman not to get married at all. When the Bible says, 'wives submit.... Some people will 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 ahead to reveal the level of submission, it says 'as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives submit to their own husbands in everything'
Years ago, I counseled one of my daughters along this line when she began to have problems in her marriage, initially she didn't find it pleasant but I told her that she could hit do contrary if she wanted her marriage to work. The problem then was that she was as highly educated as her husband and as such felt she had equal rights with him. May the Lord bless our homes with eternal peace in Jesus name.
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