Hello Loves!
I wanted to touch on a very touchy topic that may run some
away, recently I posted a video the "The Grand Dilemma" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOZZKkrZMm8. This is not part two to that vlog but one of the things that was discussed was rebellion. Which brings me to my cause. I have learned even in my own life that the very thing you tell people they should do, they don't do and they cling to what you tell them not to do, that they do. This works of the flesh, the bible calls rebellion, is the very thing that divided Lucifer from throne of God and man from the presence of God in the garden of Eden, through the fall. The results being, the very thing you are told to do you reject and that which you are forbidden from you want more than ever.
And so it is with this touchy topic I am going to discuss this evening here with you... The curse word in the ears of mankind: SUBMISSION!!! Ugh! Ouch! YIKES!!!!
This topic can go into many directions but the nail head I want to hit is the role of a submissive woman. I know... I mean who wants to submit, like our momma's taught us can't NO MAN TELL ME NOTHING!!! Sorry to be the one to tell you this but, Boy was moma wrong...haha
As we should know, God made mankind to be head over the earth. Even Jesus being God in the flesh, came to Earth to be submitted to the Father God. Even though he was equal to God in entity (ultimate nature) He came submitted (under the mission) under God's headship in function (position).
The bible further goes on and says that men gender is underneath Christ (related to christian men) This being when you have a head or someone over you, it covers you, protects you, guides you, etc... Husbands is the man 'IN' his house and God is the Man over mans house (body). The word of God in the book of 1 Corinthians 11 states that man is the IMAGE and GLORY of God and woman is the GLORY OF MAN, but it did not state she is in the image of man, the only thing changes is the GLORY.
What in the world is this scripture saying in regards to woman glorifying her head (husband)?! Glad you ask I will explain this to you.
When God stated that woman is to be the glory of man, her identity never change just the glory changes from God to her husband. This may sound like a cliche' I mean do we suppose to worship our spouses over God. No and frankly, my dear you really are not worshiping your spouse, just continue to go with me and I will bring clarity to this seemingly heresy.
For you to understand this, you will have to get the understanding of what GLORY is, Glory is to display or highlight something (SPOTLIGHT). When you are single, you glory God, it is written,...
'The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit:'
First we see here married or not women have a responsibility of submission. Unmarried her submission is to the Lord, glorifying Him also known as putting Him in the spotlight. Lets read on.....
she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.'
When a woman marries that spotlight changes from God to her husband, notice above Paul even states that she now aims to please her husbandman. This is not a bad thing and it actually is the will of God. So now when two becomes one, man or the husbandman now displays or puts a spotlight on God being His head and the woman now places the spotlight from God and places it on her husband, who IS the glory of God (It is as if there is a funnel going on all leading to God).
When you glorify your husband, it shows how magnificent our creator is that He can make a woman from man... which is in the IMAGE of God. Hope I did not loose you there. ;) So as man displays God in his life, woman displays her husband in her life that displays the God in his life, which overall glorifies God.
Women were fashioned after man... Fashioned is defined as, 1 a: to give shape or form to : mold ..
MEN NOTE THIS: So I do have a small note I would like to share with the men, most of the time, if you have an out of order wife. It may not be a bad ideal to ask the Lord if you are out of order. Because she only displays what she was fashioned after...
However, women just because you may think your head is out of order, God has still given you divine order and the ability to submit even when it does not seem submission is the answer, now this does not mean that you yield to walking outside God's divine order. Example, he ask you to steal, or he ask you to write hot checks, or anything contrary to the word of the Lord. You absolutely do not have to submit. THERE IS AN ORDER these things break the law of God and the law of the land. Therefore anyone operating outside of God's lane is under the law aka A LAWBREAKER! Therefore that person (male/female) loses that authority. They have gone outside there lane.
God has made it where men need help, that is why women was gifted to men. They add what God did not place it man, I would like to say it like this if I could. God is God, right? And he is God with or without, but even though how great art thou our Lord, one thing God did not have within himself was an help meet. This help meet to God is used for His purpose/glory/use, when God looks at this help meet.
He expects this help meet to do what it was shaped or molded to do. So God looks out at the help meet and because this help meet know their assignment and not only that but knows the GREATNESS that has been placed within them unto the Master, they begin to exemplify HIS GREATNESS in them back to HIM. God can't glorify Himself, he needs a vessel to exemplify HIS GREATNESS. Stay with me, so it is with husbands, since woman was shaped and molded to exemplify the greatness in him, through the life of that wife, his greatness or GLORY is displayed in the life of his spouse.
That is why in the scripture says that King Ahasuerus called for his wife Queen Vashti, (...11To bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to shew the people and the princes her beauty: for she was fair to look on.) ESTHER Chapter 1 her presence glorified her husbands greatness.
However she decided to rebel and oppose divine order and the bible says because this spirit would begin to contaminate the plan of (King's law) God's Order, a penalty had to be but in place as an example to the other women of there time. Because what she was doing was trying to reverse the plan of God and cause chaos in the land. If this Jezebelic spirit was not dealt with, it was going to cause trouble in other marriages, because remember she was molded after her husband, and for her to display (spotlight) this action. Was a smack and a contradiction of her husband.
Furthermore it disrupts the protocol of God, and it is a reminder to God of Lucifers action in heaven, he tried to change the plan of God by overthrowing his throne.
Wives you have to be very careful of the disposition that you display, another example to testify of this truth is in the book of Proverbs the 31 chapter, it is written, This scripture touches on what a virtuous woman looks like, this passage of scripture is not so much to her, if you prayfully read your scripture this passage of scripture was showing how she brought about bringing glory to her husband because as you go down to verse 23 is reads....23Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.
This woman had not self interest, not once did it mention anything about what she did for herself... Only that which she did to bring the plan of God out in her mans life... and because of this selfless act, the works she performed on the behalf of her lord (husband) brought her praise (is what determined her value and this is her glory---through her works of helping that man accomplish his God-ordained plan on earth)
PLEASE NOTE THIS: If you notice we did talk about divine order, so we know our limits of submission. I have found the most people that combat this is rebellious anyway, they are vagabonds walking to and fro like the devil HOMELESS... no covering, no protection, no provision, no guidance and they are like their fathers the devil that find ways to bring discord and confuse the word of the Lord.
No woman is exempt from this divine order, we have to have headship-covering. Not only that but, also submit rather I like it or not, we all have the works of Eve "she will desire her husband" this is not intimate this is straight WOMAN POWER, you not the boss of me 'desire'; to overthrow him, some call it a power struggle. I call it looking for trouble... =)
(Anyway you are the one that made the commitment to that man and God.)
This blog is getting lengthy I will share more later, I believe this is enough meat to grub on for a season.
The Lord bless you!
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