Dignifying Your Husband

The idea of the biblical submission of a wife to her husband is not popular in our cultural, but it is often misunderstood. God has designed husbands and wives to complement one another. The Bible teaches the complete equality of men and women as God's image bearers, yet they each fulfill distinct roles in the context of marriage. As husbands are called to lead with a self-sacrificial love, women are called to trust in them to do so. This relationship, while marred by the curse, is of God's good design for humanity. We have to look no further than the relationship within the Godhead to see this beautiful communion of equality and subordinate distinction. And it is in Jesus, our teacher and example, that we see both of these realities lived out in our world.