Women of Faith: Emulating Godly Examples

A great Friday to each of you! Today's devotion is on Ephesians 5:33, which says; "Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverance her husband." I know that we touched on this verse ealier this week, but I wanted to take a deeper look at what this means for wives to "reverance, or respect" their husbands. In 1st Peter 3:6, the verse reads like this; "Even Sarah obeyed Abram, calling him lord;whose daughers you are, as long as you do well and are not afraid with an amazement." Now, if we really look at the stories of her husband Abram in Genesis chapters 12 and 20, we see that he made some pretty bad choices that affected her directly. Sarah could have chosen to be disrespectful to her husband because of these choices, but the Bible tells us in this verse, she respected him still calling him lord. This didn't mean that she was calling her husband God, but did mean that she recognized him as her headship under God. We see her name again in Hebrews chapter 11:11 being held in high regards as a woman of faith. This was most likely, because she recognized God's word and honored her husband, even though he lied several times in these instances. Wives, always remember that God will honor you when you honor his Word.