I get so disturbed with women who seem to always be asking God to “change” their husbands, but are rarely willing to get the log out of their own eye. I can hear someone now, “Oh, but you just don’t understand!” On the contrary, I do! Take it from someone who has been there, done that…married is better any day!! Don’t misunderstand, we all want our husbands to walk in their God-given potential and be all that God has called him to be; But if we aren’t careful, we can cross the line into ungodly praying…even into forms of manipulation, which is witchcraft. You see, we always want to pray Ephesians 5:25, but what about Ephesians 5:22 and 23; and my personal favorite, verse 33. Verse 33 in the Amplified reads, “…let the wife see that she respects and reverences her husband, that she notices him, regards him, honors him, prefers him, venerates and esteems him; and that she defers to him. Praises him and loves and admires him exceedingly!” Let’s get real… a while back, I didn’t even know ’venerate’ was a word!! It means “to regard with reverential respect or with admiring deference “OR “to honor (as an icon or a relic) with a ritual act of devotion.”
In a recent prayer meeting the LORD brought this verse to my attention. The LORD said to me, “Just as men should love their wives like I love My bride, women should love their husbands with the same kind of fervency they love Me;” We should love no one with the same passion we love Our LORD, however, in the same way that Ephesians 5:33 explains, I believe He wants us to love our husbands with a passion that is surpassed only by our love for HIM.
In a recent blogpost, I mentioned Enoch and how he was “Encountered” by God. Then I saw this quote from an article by Rick Joyner, check this out…: “Think about this: Any one of you reading this could become God's best friend in these times and do the greatest exploits for the sake of the Gospel. Nowhere does it say that any one of us cannot do what Enoch did--get so close to God that He just takes us straight to Heaven without passing through death. In fact, it could be that this is what the real rapture is--the Bride, the Church, becomes so perfect, without spot or blemish, and so in love with Him that He just takes her."
And that made me think…what an incredibly beautiful thought, that we could be so in love with our LORD that He simply sweeps us up into the arms of heaven! Are we that intimate with HIM? Can you feel his pulse and the beating of His heart? His breath on your face as you gently recline on his chest? Are we that in love with HIM?
In a recent prayer meeting the LORD brought this verse to my attention. The LORD said to me, “Just as men should love their wives like I love My bride, women should love their husbands with the same kind of fervency they love Me;” We should love no one with the same passion we love Our LORD, however, in the same way that Ephesians 5:33 explains, I believe He wants us to love our husbands with a passion that is surpassed only by our love for HIM.
In a recent blogpost, I mentioned Enoch and how he was “Encountered” by God. Then I saw this quote from an article by Rick Joyner, check this out…: “Think about this: Any one of you reading this could become God's best friend in these times and do the greatest exploits for the sake of the Gospel. Nowhere does it say that any one of us cannot do what Enoch did--get so close to God that He just takes us straight to Heaven without passing through death. In fact, it could be that this is what the real rapture is--the Bride, the Church, becomes so perfect, without spot or blemish, and so in love with Him that He just takes her."
And that made me think…what an incredibly beautiful thought, that we could be so in love with our LORD that He simply sweeps us up into the arms of heaven! Are we that intimate with HIM? Can you feel his pulse and the beating of His heart? His breath on your face as you gently recline on his chest? Are we that in love with HIM?
My challenge to you today, is to be THAT in love with Jesus…and almost that in love with your Husbands…as the Bride prepares herself to be swept away…
