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"Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands, as is fitting in the Lord" (Col 3:18)

Obeying your husband is obeying God. "Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as also Christ is Head of the Church. Therefore just as the Church is subject to Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in everything" (Eph 5:22-24). The Biblical submission expected from the wife is more than respect; it is reverence. It is more than compliance; it is obedience.

The true spirituality of a wife is measured by her attitude of submission manifested in her acts of obedience to the husband. This "hidden person of the heart" of the woman is "very precious in the sight of God" (1 Pet 3:4). "For in this manner, in former times, the holy women who trusted in God also adorned themselves, being submissive to their own husbands" (v5). Any other outward adornment, be it hairstyle, jewellery, white saree or ministry, is false (v3). When you call on the "Lord" you become Abraham's son (Rom 4:16); when you call your husband "Lord" you are Sarah's daughter (1 Pet 3:6).

If the wife becomes the first believer in the family, her responsibility concerning the salvation of her family is doubled. The behaviour and conduct of the wife should not become a mental block for the husband when he considers the claims of the Gospel. He must not become bored by his wife's "preaching." Apostle Peter stresses the "practice" of religion before unconverted husbands. Chastity alone will not suffice. It must be "accompanied by fear" which means reverence and obedience (1 Pet 3:1,2).

The Bible gives the wife no room for selective obedience. She is called to be subject to her husband in "everything" (Eph 5:24). She has no excuse except when she is asked to do or be a part of what is outrightly unlawful and unscriptural. When a wife truly loves her husband, obedience becomes easy (Jn 14:15; 1 Jn 5:3).God's Word simultaneously points out the responsibilities of husbands also. The husbands are commanded to love their wives (Eph 5:25; Col 3:18). This love is a selfless and selfgiving love. The husband's love should command obedience rather than demand it!

Grant them the joy which brightens earthly sorrow;
Grant them the peace which calms all earthly strife,
And to life's day the glorious unknown morrow
That dawns upon eternal love and life!
(The only hymn of Dorothy B. Gurney, 1858-1932)

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