July, 22, 2001

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Each week you will be able to read a devotional
thought which we hope you will find
enjoyable and comforting
as well as
insightful and challenging.

On Your Hands And Knees

There was a man telling his friend that he and his wife had a serious argument the night before.

"But it ended," he said, "when she came crawling to me on her hands and knees."

"What did she say?" asked the friend.

The husband replied, "She said, 'Come out from under that bed, you coward!' "

We husbands like the idea of our wives coming to us on their hands and knees.  We are quick to memorize Ephesians 5:22,

"Wives, submit yourselves to your
own husbands, as to the Lord."

And the New Testament does teach the headship of the husband.  But it is not a leadership patterned after Genghis Khan (though you might think so to
hear some men talk).  Rather, it is a leadership patterned after Jesus Christ, and it seems to me he spent some time on his hands and knees (John 13). In fact, the verse prior to the one quoted above gives an important principle to us all -- the principle of mutual submission:

"....submitting to one another in the fear of God." (Ephesians 5:21)

I encourage you to spend some time on your hands and knees today (in humble service).  Strangely enough, you may find that people look up to you as
a result!

Have a great week!

In Jesus' name, Amen.

This weeks thought and comments comes from Thought-for-the-day

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It is created by Alan Smith,
Boone Church of Christ,
Boone, NC

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