Today we look at the BIG seed that many women nowadays do not even believe should be in our seed bag – SUBMISSION.  How thankful I am that we are in a family of churches that unashamedly teaches that wives are to submit to their husbands!  What blessing and peace fill our homes when we submit to our God by submitting to the man He has placed in authority over us.  What a place of safety that is for a woman!

 

 

Let’s focus on the “gentle” spirit. The word “gentle” in the Greek is also translated “meek,” which is bowing in total submission to God, knowing that He is in control and His ways are good – no complaining and no arguing.  I picture it as bowing the knee, saying “Whatever you think is best.  I will follow.”

 

We must, first and foremost, teach our daughters the importance of trusting GOD with full confidence.  When they are able to trust GOD to meet their needs, even when they do not agree with His ways or understand everything completely, our daughters are much better prepared to submit to a husband.  GOD, after all, places each husband and wife together by His sovereign plan.  Our daughters need to be able to trust that God is in control, even if their husband may make some unwise decisions.

 

You might ask, how do we apply this in the teenage years, when our daughters do not even have husbands?  A few practical applications:

 

1.    They should already be submitting to you – their parents – and their teachers.  The authority you have has been granted to you by God, and you delegate that authority for a few hours a day to your daughters’ teachers.  If our daughters are not submitted to us and their teachers, they will not be submissive when they suddenly move into a marriage relationship.  

 

2.    They can practice with the boys at church or in their class.  As our daughters learn to yield to wise male leadership around them, they are learning to submit.  They are also encouraging the boys around them to lead more effectively.  This may mean encouraging a boy in the group to choose the game they play or the restaurant the group goes to – and then following without complaint!  Or, it could be as simple as accepting gentlemanly courtesies, such as when a boy holds a door open or offers to carry heavy objects.  If girls continually reject their courtesies, the boys will eventually stop offering, and what a loss that would be to their biblical manhood, and our daughters’ biblical womanhood!

 

-Posted by Kathy Wilson