[Devotional] IN HIS PRESENCE: What are you sowing?

Read: Ephesians 5:22-33 

Meditation verse: 

“Nevertheless, let each one of you in particular so love his own wife as himself,  and let the wife see that she respects her husband” (Ephesians 5:33). 

God is particularly concerned with how a husband treats his wife. The bible contains commands and warnings on this. In 1 Corinthians 7:3, husbands were  entreated to render to their wives the affection due them. In Proverbs 5:15-20,  husbands were warned to stay faithful to their wives. Hebrews 13:4 reiterated  the need to respect the marriage vows and Malachi 2:16 expressed God’s hatred  for divorce. “Take heed to your spirit and let none of you deal treacherously with  the wife of your youth” (Malachi 2:15). The husband is commanded to love and  nurture his wife as his own body. No one ever treats his own body with disdain. 

The person your wife has become today is in part the fruit of what you have  been sowing into her life. If your wife is tainted with emotional blemish or  character defects, check what you are sowing into her life. If she is a nag, you  may need to consider whether you willingly listen to her views on issues or  whether you constantly shrug them off. If she is unattractive or uninteresting,  consider whether you have sown love, attention and praise or criticisms and  neglect. Ifshe tends to make decisions on her own, determine whether you have  provided the leadership in all things as is required of you.  

God is not mocked, whatever a man sows, he reaps. If you want to see beauty  and splendour in your wife and in your home, purpose today to change the seeds you are sowing.

IN HIS PRESENCE is written by Pst (Mrs) Oke Chinye, Founder of The Rock Teaching Ministry (TRTM).

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