Leading In the Home

3/4/09

John Maxwell on 1 Peter 3:1-7:
Leadership In the Home
No home can thrive without functioning according to sound leadership
principles.
Peter first challenges wives to submit to their husbands, even those who do
not submit to Christ. This is the principle of authority and submission. It shows up most pointedly when you disagree with the leader. When the wife
submits even though she opposes her husband’s decision, she gives a
powerful witness to Christ and brings a special honor to Him.
Husbands are called to live with their wives in an understanding way. They
are to honor their wives and model submission and service. They are to
initiate blessing, rather than retaliate when things go wrong.
Spiritual leaders assume responsibility for the health of their relationships.
This means they set the tone. They must initiate what they want others to
do.

Mike’s Thoughts:
I think the message from Peter and John Maxwell is clear; leadership in the
home should be a joint effort of both the husband and wife working
together and supporting each other and submitting to each other with the
ultimate authority being the husband. In no way does this mean that husbands are to be tyrants and wives are to be pushovers. I believe that
lack of appropriate leadership in the home is the root cause for most of our
societal problems today. Lack of sound Biblically based homes result in
dysfunctional and single parent homes leading to children being raised
without learning proper leadership and discipline. These children grow up
not respecting their parents, their elders and authority figures and seeking family outside the home and we all know that is not a healthy environment.