The Lord woke me up this morning with these words: 'Do not operate out of how you've been treated; operate out of the love of Jesus for you.' And with this scripture in mind: 'For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.' 2 Timothy 1:7. (I always wondered why 'power' came first.)
You know, sometimes as wives, we think it is our role to turn ourselves over to our husbands. The world would have us think that that's what 'submission' means. But God gives to each of his children the Spirit . . . of power, of love and of a sound mind. It is a gift to each of us who believe in Jesus Christ, and we cannot re-gift our power to another; not even our husbands. If our husband is a child of God, he doesn't need it (he's got his own). And if he's not, he can't receive it from us (for the gift of the Spirit is given by God alone, and not by us).
On the contrary, we are intended to walk alongside our husbands with the Spirit that God has given us--in tact. For if we try to give ourselves over to our husbands (give our power away), fear will creep in. And fear will cause us to operate out of how we're being treated, rather than operating out of the Spirit of love we've been given by Jesus Christ. And fear will erode our sound mind. [1 Peter 3:5]
Our precious gift from God is a packaged deal--'power, love and a sound mind'. If in our zeal to achieve the worldly standard of 'soulmate', we try to turn ourselves over--our power over--to our husbands, we will lose sight of the love of Jesus. And in the process, we will lose our sound mind. We cannot attempt to re-gift the Spirit of God to another without destroying our own souls.
Blessings! :jb
No comments:
Post a Comment