Being the Head

DEVOTION
EPHESIANS
BEING THE HEAD
Eph 5:22-24
22 Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. 23 For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. 24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.
NIV
I know so many may use this in much a different way than I am inclined to view these words. I think it is an awesomely large responsibility to be the head of my wife as Christ is the head of the church. Rather than beat my wife up with her responsibility of submitting to me, I think I have a much larger task at head being the head. As Christ offered himself up for his church, I think I am supposed to give myself up for my wife. Instead of her serving me, as Christ did not come to be served but to serve, I think I am supposed to serve my wife. Being the head surely does not mean in the sense of a bully, but rather in the sense of being responsible for her spiritual well being. This includes not behaving is such a manner which could cause her to struggle with her relationship with Christ. Now do I do all this? I don’t think I am as good at it as I should be. I still struggle myself with being all I should be. Yet I cannot help but think as I am who I am supposed to be it would then be so easy for my wife to submit as the church does to Christ. For the church and that is not the denomination, or building, but me and all my fellow believers know that it is only because of Christ that we have forgiveness of sin and have been restored in right relationship with God, and therefore have absolutely no problem recognizing Christ as their head. So as I live up to my responsibilities my wife would not have any problem recognizing me as her head. Yet still I am plagued by the failures I still am subject to. I can only hope I can overcome the old self completely for it is my desire to be the man I am supposed to be for the benefit of my wife and her life and relationship with God, and with me. The most difficult task in all my life is being the head.