Peace in Subjection

Notice the delicate petals of this poppy flower yielding to the wind that directs it's every move.

Many people do not understand the love of God. Many people believe that God loves them so much He looks the other way when they sin. And after they sin He simply smiles and draws them into His arms, because He understands their weakness to sin. He never hates them or what they do, He just simply understands & will go on loving them no matter what they do. Even if He wants them to do certain things, & tells them to do certain things, --if they don't obey Him, He simply forgives & covers over their disobedience, & seeks to pour out His blessings upon them.

 Many women expect their husbands to be the same way. They don't find it needful to really do what he says; and when they don't do what he says, they expect him to continue to pour out blessings upon them. Many women have been defiled by the modern world & it's influence on marriage. True Biblical marriage the way God intended is nothing like what we hear & see today in the media, in Psychology, etc. I think it's even difficult for women who were raised with somewhat good examples to really accept & stay in their place as a meek & humble, help meet to their husband. There is a strong influence in our time to be a SELF-Seeker. The definition of love in 1 Corinthians 13 says that love, "seeketh not her own". There is a true joy & blessing that comes when we remember & labor to seek the good of others before our own; especially the good of our husband & children.

 We all need correction & reproof, without it we will go on in error.

Hebrews12:5-9  "And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:   For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.   If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?   But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.  Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live? "

There have been many times when I have not appreciated correction & reproof--at least not at the first. If we really understand & believe that the one correcting us is doing it because they love us, it can be easier to keep our hearts & ears open to it. But in those times we are not persuaded that it is a correction born of love, for Christ's sake we need to learn to bear words of exhortation. A meek heart will have peace in subjecting itself for Christ's sake. 

1Chronicles 16:11  "Seek the LORD and his strength, seek his face continually." We must seek His face continually, that we may be ever ready to bear a word of exhortation without taking offense.

Being a Godly Wife isn't about having a white picket fence, baking bread & cookies, sewing your family's clothes & having a handful of children. I believe being a Godly wife has a lot to do with having peace subjecting yourself to your husband no matter what the cost. This takes an earnest seeking of God's face for God's grace---that you may have His grace to be a faithful helpmeet to your husband at all times, especially in times of need.

Hebrews 4:15-16  "For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.  Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need." 

This requires a labor of love done in secret not something all the neighbors see & praise us for.

 1Peter 3:4  "But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price."

I believe it takes earnest prayer fighting against sin & self to attain unto this meek & quiet spirit.

Remember dear sisters when you feel overwhelmed in your place as a helpmeet, Christ was tempted, yet He kept Himself from sin; He labored in prayer. We too must labor & come boldly to the throne of grace. This is a serious issue. Consider the Holy Women Of Old, search the Scriptures for examples that were set of their obedience & subjection to their husbands.

What a blessing we can be to our husbands & children & future generations if we leave behind an example of a yielded wife. I see a delicate flower arrayed in glorious colors gracefully bending where the wind blows it, yet strongly rooted in it's place. We all love the work of God's hands, it cheers our hearts to see flowers & trees & animals; things that do what they were made to do. Wives embrace the place God has designed for you = & you will have peace being in subjection to your husbands. Amen.