He who finds a wife finds a good thing, And obtains favor from the Lord. Proverbs 18:22
Did you know you have a position in the family? The role of a wife was established when God created Eve for Adam. Yes, ladies man was created first but God saw he needed help. In Genesis 2:18 it states, "And the Lord God said, it is not good that man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him."
“And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.”
A Wife's Role
As a wife I want to be supportive, loving, and pleasing to my husband. As a christian, a daughter of God I want to be doing what's right. For this to happen, I need to know what my role is as a biblical wife. God created Eve out of Adams side and gave her the title of a help meet. Let's take a closer look at what that means. The Hebrew word for help is "ezer" which means to save, rescue or to be strong. The word meet in Hebrew is 'K'enegdo" and means opposite. So ladies were not created to be lesser than the man. We also were not created to be just like the man either. God designed us to be his strong, saving, opposite.
With God there is order. He has an order to things in heaven, hell and here on earth. Although women are not lesser than a man we do have a position in the marriage. We are his help meet. We are to submit ourselves in the marriage to our husband. Ephesians 5:22, Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord. Our husbands are to be the leader of the home if we are to truly follow God's design for creation.
Adam failed in the Garden of Eden. God gave him a position with responsibilities, a help meet and a single rule to obey. He let his wife, Eve lead by following after her and eating of the fruit and order was lost. Who is the leader in your home? Is there order? In the book of First Samuel, Saul lost everything because he did not obey the voice of God. 1 Samuel 15:22 And Samuel said, Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken, than the fat of rams.
The role of the wife can be found in the Proverbs 31 woman and how she managed her home. There was order in her home and because of this her husband was known in their town. She worked, took care of her family and did it all with gladness unto the Lord.
I challenge you to read Ephesians chapter 5 for the instructions on how God sees you and the order of your home. God gave you an assignment as your husbands spouse so embrace it and be empowered to live up to that calling!
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