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Husbands want to be respected.

God wired ’em that way.

But until more men start stepping up to the responsibilities of being the household leader that God wants, the respect they receive at home will be less than it should.

And godly wives will be carrying more of the spiritual health responsibility for the home than they should.

I thank God for such women. The kingdom is protected from being weaker, thanks to them.

I pray for their husbands. The kingdom will be stronger as the husbands’ faith grows stronger.

I was reminded of this persistent challenge while reading today from the One-Year Bible. In Judges 13, the Angel of the Lord (i.e., Christ before He was born in the flesh) appeared to Manoah’s wife and told her she would have a son and that he would become a deliverer for Israel in its struggle against the Philistines.

There’s much more to the account than what I’ll share, but what I want to focus on for a moment is this — the Angel of the Lord twice sought out the unnamed wife, not her husband Manoah.

And after Manoah later talked with the Angel of the Lord — and realized it — the spiritually weak husband was sure that he was going to die because he had seen God.

Who put his mind at ease? The faith-filled wife who told him that God wouldn’t promise a child to the barren couple and then kill them before she were even pregnant.

Listen, guys.

If you have a faith-filled wife, you are incredibly blessed.

But you are not off the hook for being spiritually mature and strong yourself.

Actually, you are blessed to have a spouse who can help you to grow even more.

It’s time to step up. It’s time to be the man that God sees as the priest of your household.

Thankfully, Manoah’s wife was a good future mom for the boy named Samson who would turn out to be such a troubled, compromising soul later.

Hmmmm….. makes you wonder how Samson’s life would have been different if Dad would have been a better spiritual leader at home.

As always, I love you
Martin

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