FRIDAY August 6, 2021

A Husband’s Love

So husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies; he who loves his wife loves himself. For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as the Lord does the church. For we are members of His body, of His flesh and of His bones.
Ephesians 5:28-30

God has given great responsibility to husbands in the marriage relationship. He is the spiritual leader of his home. The husband has a high standard––to love their wives as Christ loves the Church! Husbands are to love their wives sacrificially––unconditionally. A husband’s love is a sanctifying love. Imagine, one day, a husband will have to present their wife to the Lord (Ephesians 5:25-27).

Consider this truth; a husband is to love his wife as his own body! In fact, if they do not love their wives, then they really do not think too much of themselves. The love for a wife becomes the temperature for a marriage.

In Christ, two people become one in marriage (Genesis 2:24). When a husband hurts, his wife hurts, when a wife is joyful, a husband is joyful––that is the way marriage works. I find, there are husbands who act as if they are not married. They want nothing to do with their wives. Instead, they do their own thing leaving the wife to feel like she is not even married to them. Selfishness creates a great disunity in marriage.

The foundation of the marriage is built on what the Bible has to say rather than what a husband or wife thinks. As Christ continues to be the center of your home, the marriage experience will be one of constant spiritual growth. God desires to convict and work within a husband’s heart. If needed, repent before the Lord for your lack of love toward your wife. Tell your wife you are sorry and that you want to start anew in your marriage. Then, in Christ’s true love, progress in your marriage.

A husband should love his wife with a constant love, for thus Jesus loves His church. He does not vary in His affection. He may change in his display of affection, but the affection itself is still the same. A husband should love his wife with an enduring love, for nothing shall be able to separate us from the love of God....” A true husband loves his wife with a hearty love, fervent and intense. It is not lip-service.
~C.H. Spurgeon~

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