Submission to a man

[411 Sports & Entertainment]

I'm curious as to what you think it means to submit to a man. I would like perspectives from both women and men.

[Louis Jeffries]

As the first reply, I turn to the bible which says a woman should submit to her husband as to the Lord and the husband should love his wife as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.

My question is who bears the greatest burden?

Our submission to the Lord is incomplete or partial at best. Though we may have the best intentions, we do not sUbmit to his will in our lives. So part one is saying wives have a relationship with God that subordinates your will to His Will because you know all things work for the good of those who love the Lord and are called according to his purpose. In other words first, submission to God, then submission to your husband. If you were first submitted to God you would have a Godly Man or the Man God intended you to be with. Not the one you choose. Truthfully, many have an issue with submission to God and therefore can not consider submission to a man.

On the other hand, Christ had a mission in life. He came to serve not to be served. He came to lay down his life that his beloved may live. Brothers the Word calls us to give ourselves fully, even if it means sacrifice that leads to humiliation, degredation, pain, suffering, being lied upon, spit upon, beaten and even Death. We are called to freely give ourselves Completely. Not OUR will but Thy Will. When we knowingly and willingly love our wives as Christ has loved His Beloved (the church) then we deserve submission as unto the Lord.

Finally, when we put it all together, we both walk in submission to the Lord there is no questions or issues about our sacrifice or submission for GOD IS LOVE!!!!!!!

[URBAN LYFESTYLES MAGAZINE]

i dont know who you are or where you came from..but i can't add anything else to such a great response!

[The Psalmist]

There's nothing to be added to the previous brother's comment. He is well rooted and grounded in the plan and workings of God. As a married woman, who had to learn God's plan of submission, it wasn't easy at first but the more I fell in love with God, and the closer my relationship with Him became, the easier it got regardless of the condition of my husband's heart. I meditated on one thing that God said and I allowed it to take root - the bible says that a sanctified wife will sanctify the husband...so that meant I had to allow God to work things out in me first, work out my sanctity. Once I got in position (the position of being rooted and grounded, the position of loving my husband with the agape kind of love, the position of servanthood, the position of working on my home and making it condusive to my husband and then understanding (for real) the aspect of what he actually has to face every day of his life. Showing appreciation, giving affirmation and concentrating on his needs without compromising and neglecting my own needs, consistenly speaking the word of God over his life, making proclamation in the spirit realm of what kind of man I have even when it didn't look that way in the natural.

That was over 7 years ago and I am happy to report to the married women out there who are still going through that to this day my husband recognizes and affirms to other men my efforts and my love to restore him to Christ by loving him the way God loves us. Keep on proclaiming, keep on pursuing the things of God, keep on praying, and most importantly keep on believing because all things DO work together for good to them that love the Lord and who are called according to His purpose. Our marriage is for good! now - no matter what we have to face, we cling to one another and cleave unto God.

[411 Sports & Entertainment]

These are great responses, now let me put a little twist in the subject. What if the husband is not a Christian and won't go to church.

[Ronald S. Hobson, Sr.]

The man is still the head of the home. Love is what love does, no matter how much you may ask for the spouse to attend service, he or she is still under the law of marriage. But in this day, people are looking for an excuse to rid themselves of being un-equally yoked or tired of fighting.Bond or free you picked them so deal with them...But most of all pray without ceasing!.

[Ronald S. Hobson, Sr.]

A word well said!

[Lydia Scott]

Submit is to yeid to goverance or authority, to subject to a condition, treatment, or even an operation you submit yourself of authority.
I am a businesswoman with many talents. I love life itself, especially the beauty of God’s creations that surrounds me everyday. I know how to share love it comes naturally for me. I am well organized and know how to stand my grounds quite well when it comes to keeping things in the right prospective.
I am looking for someone with the same common interest, strong faith in God as well as himself. Relentless nature of being a Gentleman at all times, his impulse that defines the love of is charter, his intelligence that sustain a great balances but well balance that is captivating to others and I. When he has to step up, he knows what direction to take what roll he plays especially when the stakes are high which drama does not sustain bad behavior or bad habits. When he can stand toe to toe on an intellectual basic mathematically defines is position and recover immediately. If his nature lies within these things there will not be no question in my mine, but to only submit to is love because it is well deserving and embrace.

[411 Sports & Entertainment]

If you are married to that man, all those things shouldn't matter, because when you submit to that man, then you are submitting to the Will of God, even if that man falls of a bit.