Saturday, February 23, 2013

First Priorities


How would you order your priorities?  Who comes first in your life?  Our first focus should be on God and our personal relationship with Jesus Christ.

Next up is our spouse.  Like Tammy said yesterday, if you are truly committed to your husband and committed to loving them, then submitting to them becomes much easier.

In the book, Darlene writes that our first priorities are to be “faith and family from a place of sacrificial love.”  What comes to mind when you think of sacrificial love?  The Greek word for this kind of love is agape.

Agape love is the kind of love Jesus has for us.  He made the ultimate sacrifice – dying on a cross and giving up everything – to save us.  It’s unconditional love.  He loves us even when we are a mess, broken and unlovable to the rest of the world.

Ephesians 5:1 calls us to love like this: “Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved children and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.”

I think 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 captures an image of this kind of love:  “Love is patient, love is kind.  It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.  It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.  Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.  It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.”

Let’s turn this scripture into a prayer today that we may embody this kind of love for our husbands and children too.

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