This week we are discussing our husband’s purpose. I really liked this chapter a lot and I hope you do too!
“Everyone has a purpose. It’s the reason we exist. It’s our life’s mission, objective, or plan. Generally, we’re here to glorify God and do His will. How that specifically translates in our lives is unique to each of us. Your husband needs to know the reason he exists. He needs to be sure his life is not just an accident, but that he’s here by design. He must be certain he was created for a great purpose. When he discovers that purpose, and is doing what he was created to do, becoming what he was created to be, he will find fulfillment. This can only contribute to your happiness as well.”
I just really love this. I think everyone needs to know what their purpose in life is. I believe that this does not just mean your job, but who you are and everything you do in life. Our husbands have an amazing purpose and it is our job to help them find it and support them along the way.
“If I’ve learned anything being married two and one half decades, it’s that a wife can’t put pressure on her husband to be something, but she can pray for him to become it. She can pray that he be molded according to God’s plan and not anyone else’s. Then, who he becomes will be determines by whether he hears God’s call on his life or not.”
“He has saved us and called us to a holy life—not because of anything we have done but because of his own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time.“ -II Timothy 1:9
“You can always tell when a man is not living in the purpose for which God created him. You sense his unrest. You get a feeling something is not quite right, even if you can’t put your finger on what it is. When you’re around a man who is fulfilling his calling and doing what he was created to do, you’re aware of his inner direction, confidence, and deep security. How do you feel about what your husband is doing with his life? Do you lack peace about it because he is on a path that’s unfulfilling, beating him down, or going nowhere? If so, the pray, ‘Lord, take my husband from this place, reveal to him what You’ve called him to be, and open doors to what he should be doing.’ Praying that doesn’t mean your husband will be pulled out of what he’s doing and dropped into something else. It can happen that way, but often what takes place is a change in man’s perspective.”
“Whatever God has called your husband to be or do, He has also called you to support it and be a part of it, if in no other way than to pray, encourage, and help in whatever way possible. For some women that means creating a good home, raising children, being there for him, and offering prayer support. Other women may take an active role by becoming a partner or helper. In either case, God does not ask you to deny your own personhood in the process. God has called you to something, too. But it will fit in with whatever your husband’s calling is, it will not be in conflict with it. God is not the author of confusion, strife, or unworkable situations. He is a God of perfect timing. There is a time for everything, the Bible says. The timing to do what God has called each of you to do will work out perfectly, if it’s submitted to God.”
How incredible to think that our calling fits into whatever our husband’s calling is! God doesn’t make mistakes. He knew exactly who you would marry and what each of your callings would be. No matter what our husbands do, we need to work to support them in prayer and encouragement. As military wives that would be mean not groaning and moaning over another PCS or another deployment. If this is your husband’s calling, then God has a plan in it. Even the deployments! Who knows how God could use your husband or YOU in a new place or while your husband is away. Pray for your husband daily and remember that God has a very special purpose for him.
“If you husband is already moving in the purpose for which God has called him, you can count on the enemy of his soul coming to cast doubt–especially if he hasn’t realized the success he has envisioned. Your prayers can help cast away discouragement and keep it from taking hold. It can help your husband to hear and cling to God’s revelation. It can cause him to live his life on purpose.”
Prayer:
“Lord, I pray that (husband’s name) will clearly hear the call You have on his life. Help him to realize who he is in Christ and give him certainty that he was created for a high purpose. May the eyes of his understanding be enlightened so that he will know what is the hope of Your calling.”
“Lord, when You call us, You also enable us. Enable him to walk worthy of his calling and become the man of God You made him to be. Continue to remind him of what You’ve called him to and don’t let him get sidetracked with things that are unessential to Your purpose. Strike down discouragement so that is will not defeat him. Lift up his eyes above the circumstances of the moment so that he can see the purpose for which You created him. Give him patience to wait for Your perfect timing. I pray that the desires of his heart will not be in conflict with the desires of Yours. May he seek You for direction, and hear when You speak to his soul.”
Power Tools:
-I Corinthians 7:7
-I Corinthians 7:17
-II Thessalonians1:11
-Ephesians 1:17-19
-Psalm 20:4
Questions:
1. Have you been praying for your husband at least 5 minutes a day?
2. Last time we talked about our husband’s fears, were you able to pray for him in this area.
3. Did you find out any fears you may not have known about before?
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