LOVE BEFORE LEADERSHIP: A Divine Pattern for Marriage
LOVE BEFORE LEADERSHIP: A Divine Pattern for Marriage By Nicholas Uanikhoba “Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord.” “Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her.” “Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.” ( Ephesians 5:22, 25; Genesis 2:24). Marriage between a man and his woman is a divine idea, not human. And because God designed it, He alone defines how it should work. In Ephesians 5, we see that marriage is not merely about partnership or companionship; it’s a powerful reflection of a divine relationship: the love between Christ and the Church. That love is sacrificial, redemptive, and transformative. In this pattern, we discover a divine order that love must come before leadership. 1. Marriage Mirrors Christ and the Church Scripture reveals that the love between a husband and wife is meant to reflect the relationship between Christ and the Church. Jesu...