Note to Self (Foreword by Sam Storms) by Joe Thorn

Author:Joe Thorn [Joe Thorn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781433522116
Publisher: Crossway
Published: 2011-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

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LOVE YOUR HUSBAND

Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord.

For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior.

Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands.

EPHESIANS 5:22–24

Dear Self,

It is your calling and privilege to represent Christ to your husband in a way that he will see in no one else. You are called to submit to his godly leadership, support him in his leadership, and help him become what God desires.

Your occasional thoughts of the smallness of this calling demonstrate that you have not yet grasped the beauty of being your husband’s “help-mate.” Thinking of yourself as your husband’s “helper” is not demeaning or small. It is actually a glorious position, and one that Jesus himself knew well.

Before his ascension, Jesus told his followers that he would “give you another helper.” (John 14:16). He spoke of the Holy Spirit, but do not miss the point that the Holy Spirit is “another helper”—one like Jesus. Jesus did not have a problem thinking of himself as a helper, or even a helper to sinful men. This was his calling, the reason he was sent by the Father—to serve, help, and save sinners. Being considered the help of your husband means that he cannot succeed without you. He needs you to help him become the man God has designed him to be. Your role is reflected beautifully in the gospel, and you get to represent Jesus as “helper” to your husband in a way that no other person will, for no one else is called to this position.

Jesus modeled perfect submission to the Father, and it was in no way placing him in a place of lesser honor or glory. The Father and the Son are one, and yet one submits to the other. You are called to love your husband and represent Christ and the gospel to him. This means praising his hard work and expressing thanks for his working to provide for his family. It means doing him good and not evil (Prov. 31:12) and speaking honorably of him in public.

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