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Spiritual Marriage
Forgive the subject crossover. How is a married woman to act/respond/be toward a husband that is, at best, a lukewarm Christian? He says he is not "ready" to return to church after a years-long absence. He's been once with me. I, however, have been completely transformed and walk daily with Christ. How am I supposed to allow him to be the head of the family when his actions sometimes go against what I know is right? When I try to talk to him about these things, he cuts me off, gets irritated and refuses to talk about it. I pray every day for him. Life gets a bit touchy sometimes and I feel a bit lost in this area.
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Been there! The circumstances may be different, but I was in the place you described. I was walking with the Lord, but my husband was not. He was an alcoholic and it was his god. It was hard to submit to a man that cared very little about the Lord. He would do and say things that I knew were wrong, but I didn’t know what to do about it. I know the frustration.
God tells us in His word that He is a Father to the fatherless and a Husband to the widow (Psalm 68:5). Although your husband is not dead in a physical sense, from what you’ve described, he’s dead in a spiritual sense. My husband was spiritually dead. We separated for 18 months. In that time, the Lord worked on us separately. My husband came back transformed and alive in Christ and I had grown to know how to submit to him.
I am NOT telling you to separate from your husband. But don’t be surprised if the Lord allows that. In a remodeling project, a house must be gutted and the old removed, before the new materials are brought in and put up. God is remodeling your husband because of your prayers. Don't give up on the power of prayer. Keep praying for your husband. God is doing His work, you just can’t see it all yet.
I prayed for my husband for years while he was drinking. God did His work in him. My husband has not had a drink in almost 8 years and walks strong with the Lord. He is NOT a recovering alcoholic. He is an overcomer by the blood of Christ.
Trust the Lord. I’ll pray for ya!
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