Daily Devotional
Equal But Not The Same

January 18, 2017

Wives are to have an attitude of submission towards their husbands. What do you think about that? In most circles, it’s a politically incorrect statement because when people hear the word “submission” they think of inferiority.

I want you to understand something simple, plain, and straight – submission is not inferiority. It’s a military term that means to “rank under.” In the military you have ranks, but a Private is not inferior to a Captain and a Captain is not inferior to a General. Though they rank differently and have different prerogatives and jobs, one is not inferior to the other.

Ephesians 5:23a says, “For the husband is the head of the wife.” That doesn’t mean he’s superior to the wife, like the devil wants you to believe. You see, the devil has obliterated the difference between the sexes. He spreads his lies by telling you that if you have submission in the home, then the woman is inferior. The devil, under the guise of making men and women equal, is trying to make them the same. Men and women are equal in standing, worth and value, but in the home they are not the same in role and function.