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Walking through Ephesians - Day 121

versebyverse | March 22, 2008 19:39

Thought:  To me, marriages ought to symbolize the headship of Christ over His church body, with the husband as head and the wife as body.

Question:  Do I appreciate the sacredness of marriage?

Scripture:  Ephesians 5:23 (NIV):  "For the husband is head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior."

This is why we are to submit:  it is because the husband symbolizes the headship of Jesus Christ.  Remember our Ephesians theme?  It is to be "in Christ."  All true marriage is "in Christ", or ought to be.  Marriage was ordained by God, so God ought to be not only in it, but over it entirely.  So submission is totally natural because it exemplifies how Christ related to His Father.  As the church is Christ's body, so the wife is the husband's body.  As Christ is the head or authority and Savior over the church, so the husband is the head or authority and "Savior" (protector, breadwinner), over the wife.  Now, in my opinion, we humans do not live out nearly as beautifully the glory of Christ's headship over the church in our marriages!  We fail and stumble and struggle; but God has set this symbolism upon us.  We may be completely unworthy, yet He set the glory of salvation upon us "while we were yet sinning."  One day the hidden beauty of the mystery of the symbolism of marriage, Christ's headship over the church, and the glorification of our human, sinful flesh finally freed in glory, will be what God intended them to be.  Today there is some glory--all that we yield to God--but after glorification there will be complete and utter GLORY!  What a Day that will be!  The Day our Savior's salvation will become complete.  On that Day we will see the full glory of what is symbolized in our earthly marriages.

Therefore our submission as wives is a very high and holy calling.  It is not something done only for the present circumstances, to make things smoother on earth, but is an eternal investment, (as is everything done for Christ), and contributes to His Great Glory Forever.

Prayer:  Father God, point all believers to the truth of what makes a good and sacred marriage, that they may glorify Your Son with their spouses.  Amen. 

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