Visionary Marriage: God's Call to Husbandsਨਮੂਨਾ

God created men and women with equal value, worth, and dignity. This is taught throughout the Scriptures, beginning with Genesis 1:27. In the beginning of this verse, when it says, “God created man,” the word man means mankind or humankind. The passage goes on to say that God made two kinds of “man”: the male “man” and the female “man.” Both men and women are made in the image of God and stand on equal footing before Him. In Galatians 3:28, Paul reiterates that men and women are of equal value.

While the Bible teaches that men and women have equal value and importance, it also teaches that God created us differently because He has different purposes that He calls us to fulfill. Obviously, God did not create men to give birth to children. That is a role reserved for women. God did create men to protect and defend their children and families.

Consider this situation. You are sleeping soundly in bed with your spouse. You jolt awake to the sound of crashing glass and someone moving through the house…toward the baby’s bedroom. Who gets up out of bed and goes out to stop the bad guy? Should it be the woman or the man? The vast majority of men would say, “That’s my job!” If you agree it is generally the man’s role to protect the family in the face of danger, then you believe there are role distinctions for men and women. The question then is not whether there are different roles, but what are the different roles God calls us to fulfill. Thankfully, because of the Bible, we are not left in the dark to figure these things out for ourselves. Let us continue to look at specific Scriptures to see what God has to say about our mission as husbands.