The Truth About Submission

Living Under God's Protection
Pages 146-151

As we continue studying through Chapter six, we come upon a lie that is multifaceted and highly prevalent in our culture. It introduces the "s" word - submission. Our society has pummeled this word to death, and even some within the church have attempted to sidestep it.

However, Biblical submission of the wife to her husband is simply the framework that makes a marriage operate in a healthy manner. When women are willing to let their husband lead, they are practicing and demonstrating trust in God's authority over their husband.

24. The Lie: If I submit to my husband, I'll be miserable.

The Truth: Submission places me under the covering and protection of God, who controls the "heart of the king."

Proverbs 21:1, "The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord, like the rivers of water; He turns it wherever He wishes."

The Truth: When I step out from under authority, I become vulnerable to the attacks of the Enemy.

Romans 13:1-2, "Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. Consequently, he who rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves."

The Truth: My willingness to place myself under God-ordained authority is the greatest evidence of how big I believe God really is.

Ephesians 5:21-22, "Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord."

The Truth: Reverent submission is a wife's greatest means of influencing a husband who is not walking with God.

1 Peter 2:3-6, "Do not let your adornment be merely outward -- arranging the hair, wearing gold, or putting on fine apparel -- rather let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the incorruptible beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God. For in this manner, in former times, the holy women who trusted in God also adorned themselves, being submissive to their own husbands, as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, whose daughters you are if you do good and are not afraid with any terror."

It's the Liberating Principle!

Satan has done a masterful job of convincing women that submission is a narrow, negative, and confining concept. He knows that if we could see the Truth about Biblical submission - one of the most liberating principles in all of God's Word - we would joyfully embrace it.