Dear Ladies,

Recently I was reading in Ephesians 5:22 "Wives submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord."

In the Amplified it reads: "Wives, be subject (be submissive and adapt yourselves) to your own husbands as (a service) to the Lord."

The wording that caught my eye was "adapt yourselves." How am I, how have I adapted myself to my husband? How are you adapting yourself to your husband, assuming you are married? If you are single, will you consider what it takes to adapt yourself to another persons desires and wishes?

Webster defines adapt as: "to make suitable, to fit or to suit, to adjust with a synonym: conform.
John McArthur in his study Bible says: "the command is unqualified, applying to every Christian wife, no matter what her own abilities, education, knowledge of scripture, spiritual maturity, or any other qualifications might be in relation to those of her husband. The submission is not the husbands to command but for the wife to willing and lovingly offer."

Do I willingly and lovingly submit or adapt myself to my own husband? Did I make myself suitable, adjustable and conforming when we were first married and now I fight for my own rights, for what pleases me? Is this adapting, submitting an outdated concept or a truth to be honored?

Any thoughts?

Next time, we'll take a look at the wording: as a service to the Lord.