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your own will, desires, and goals. Have you been thinking upon what you desire out
of life? Have you been focused upon your own fulfillment? If you continue on this
course then you will fail to make your husband successful.

The Kingdom of God is built upon the principle of servanthood. It may seem that I
am proclaiming something that would give men the license to be domineering
tyrants. This is not so. The man is called to lay down his life to do the will of Christ.
Christ will lead the man to be a servant to others.

There are always instances where a man is not walking as he should in submission
to Christ, and a woman feels she is in a perilous place and that her needs will not be
considered if she lays down her life for her husband. Such a woman must consider
that her own example of godliness and humility may affect her husband for good, but
if she chooses the road of rebellion then she will certainly fail to influence him to
walk in obedience and humility. Rebellion does not produce obedience. It merely
leads to strife and conflict. It is only when a woman bears up when suffering unjustly
that her behavior finds favor with God. It is only when she is walking submitted to
her husband that the Father will act quickly to bring correction to the authority in
disobedience.

I will conclude this chapter with these words. A woman who lays down her own goals
and desires may have them given back to her at some time. There is a pattern
revealed in scripture where the Father gives someone a vision, but the vision dies
completely only to be reborn and fulfilled by the power of the Spirit. In this way the
Father removes the flesh from our actions and pursuits.

You may have some great talent, or you may feel some great call on your life. So did
Moses and Joseph when they were young, but their hopes and dreams died, and all
possibility of their dreams being resurrected through any effort of their own was
removed. Only when they died to seeking to accomplish their dreams in their own
strength could the Father fulfill His purposes in them.

Death precedes life. Humility comes before honor. Yahweh will ask you to lay that
which is dearest to you on the altar. Your Isaac must be sacrificed. Only when you let
go of what has a hold on your heart will you be truly free.