Having grown up going to church, youth groups, and all kinds of church activities, I heard words spoken to me like, "God has a calling on your life and your husbands!" or "Your Boaz is coming!" The funny thing was, I was young and hadn't even started dating.
Growing up with the idea that you have a calling puts a huge responsibility on your life. Some may blow it off, but I grabbed hold of that notion and started to build my life around those words. It made me so desperately want to be a wife and serve God in a ministry.
Looking back, I put more pressure on myself than I believe God intended for me too. I put more inferences on "calling" rather than "Jesus."
Maybe it was more man's words speaking rather than God's, but God does call us to specific positions.
Jeremiah 29:11
The Wife's Calling
A wife's highest calling is to love God and uphold her position in the marriage to her husband. Embrace the role God has designed for you as a helper to your spouse because man struggles on his own accord. Ladies, it is an honor to be that support for my husband because God has called me to it!
A wife's highest calling is to love
God and to uphold her position
in the marriage to her husband.
Here is what you are called to be as a Helper
Teammate by letting your spouse know you have his back in any situation, and you are here to help when he needs it.
Support, by trusting your spouse when he wants to make a decision or take a risk.
Submissive, by showing your spouse respect and honoring him as the leader of the home.
Anticipate his needs; over the years, I've learned my husband's needs are not just making sure the house is clean, the kids are well taken care of, or having dinner on the table. One of the most significant ways I can anticipate his needs is by being seductive. Seduce your spouse. Men are visual creatures, so put on something he finds sexy, fix your hair, and wear some makeup.
Intercessor pray for your spouse daily, cover him in the word, and ask for God's will to be done in his life, and give him wisdom as he leads our home.
As wives, we must start learning what our role is in the family. God didn't create women to be lesser but rather the mirror opposite of men. Where he is weak, we are not, and we are weak; he is not. We are to stand right beside him, helping to make decisions and allowing our husband to lead even when we do not agree.
Are you ready to answer your call as a Godly wife?
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