Monday, November 10, 2008

Honor the Lord through our relationships: Part One - Husbands

This week the Lord has inspired me to write a 5-part series on

Honoring the Lord with our relationships.

Today is Part One: Husbands

Verses for today:


Jeremiah 17:9-10, “The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it? ‘I the LORD search the heart and examine the mind, to reward a man according to his conduct, according to what his deeds deserve.’" (NIV)



Proverbs 3:5 "Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding"



Colossians 3:18 "Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord."



Have you ever found yourself getting upset over simple things your husband has done that aren't quite what you wanted him to do? Have you ever voiced those things to your husband and maybe even yelled? Have you ever been negative with your husband to the point you saw him become negative as well? Have you ever had a circumstance where you said something to your husband in the wrong attitude and regretted it later?


Has your attitude towards your relationship with your husband become stagnant and you need a renewal of your mind in this area? When our attitudes become such that we don't feel inspired by God in a certain area of our lives, it is time to search our hearts and minds.



In today's verse from Jeremiah chapter 17 we see that the heart is deceitful and not just deceitful but above all things and beyond cure. However, as we continue to read, we are given hope in the Lord. Hope because we find that the Lord searches our hearts and examines our minds. He then rewards us according to our conduct and what our deeds deserve.



Now, if your approach to your relationship with your husband has become stagnant, your conduct will naturally become stagnant. Therefore, as soon as you realize this about yourself you know you have to seek the Lord for what He finds in your heart and your mind in this area.





I truly believe that if you desire Christ to show you where you am not receiving a reward due to misconduct or lack of conduct, then your deeds and conduct in that area need to change. Not to get a reward, but, out of obedience to the Lord.



As each of us is full aware, no one is perfect. This includes myself. I have never claimed to be perfect. Even in my relationship with my husband, I find myself wondering why I am the only one who seems to do certian things or care about certain things. Now, this is just a perception of mine that I know stems from my human nature and in no way honors God. Therefore, this is one of the areas I know the Lord is showing me needs to be adjusted with the Lord's help.



Today I am starting a new journey in my conduct and deeds towards my husband. In order to accomplish this I now know that I need to lean on the Lord for His understanding and not lean on my own understanding. No matter how I may perceive my husband or myself, my first thought, and yours, should be, "how can I honor the Lord?"





Thought for today:





Is there anything in my relationship with my husband that doesn't honor the Lord? Is there an attitude that needs to be adjusted? Is the Lord showing me an area I need forgiveness or an area I need to forgive my husband?






Song for today:



"Honor the Lord"



By Steve Green



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  1. VayonNovember 10, 2008 at 2:46 PM

    This reminds me of a time when I was teaching
    a group of women on this very subject and one
    lady got very mad and said "Yeah, but you don't have a husband like mine!". She went on to expound exactly what she meant by that. She was a Christian woman married to an unsaved man and she was defintely suffering the consequences.
    So...I'm saying that No I don't have a husband like hers and I thank God for that and I need to be reminded that I have very much to be thankful for in that area ---- AND I need to treat him like the Lord would have me treat him -- whether he always does things the way I would like them or not! Yes, out of obedience to the Lord. When I do that, I have a deeper and more lasting satisfaction in my inner self than I could ever garner up by only "putting up with" the minor infractions of my husband's behavior.
    Love -- Honor -- Respect -- that's what we promised when we made our vows before God.

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