THURSDAY, AUGUST 23
Scripture: 1 Peter 3:1-6

In 1 Peter 3:1-6 we are told, “Wives, likewise, be submissive to your own husbands, that even if some do not obey the word, they, without a word, may be won by the conduct of their wives, when they observe your chaste conduct accompanied by fear. Do not let your adornment be merely outward—arranging the hair, wearing gold, or putting on fine apparel—rather let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the incorruptible beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God. For in this manner, in former times, the holy women who trusted in God also adorned themselves, being submissive to their own husbands, as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, whose daughters you are if you do good and are not afraid with any terror.” We are told to submit one to the other in the fear of God. Wives submit to your husbands. Husbands love your wives. And we are told in verse 5-6, “For in this manner, in former times, the holy women who trusted in God also adorned themselves, being submissive to their own husbands, as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, whose daughters you are if you do good and are not afraid with any terror.” In Ephesians 5:25 ag-ep-ah-o is the Greek word for what husbands owe their wives and that is to prefer the wife as an equal heir to salvation by acting as if she is blameless even when she falls short. Loving as Christ loved the church demands it! In Ephesians 5:33, the wife must respect the husband. Fob-eh-o-mai is the Greek word meaning, respect or reverence. It is sometimes used for ‘fear’. The picture is that when husbands treat wives as blameless and wives respect husbands, they birth the fear of the Lord in a redemptive relationship! This may be a key to birthing the judicial fear of the Lord manifesting through the team of the husband-wife relationship! May we all find it!