09/12/2025
How to Be a Wife
People often say, “Every marriage is different; there’s no one-size-fits-all.”
While that is partly true, it is not the whole truth.
Scripture gives us templates that work across board:
Husbands, love your wives. Wives, submit to your husbands.
The variety only comes in how each couple expresses it.
Today, let’s talk about how to be a wife.
The template is clear:
A wife is a help meet suitable for him.
Every man needs help, but not every man needs help in the same area.
A wealthy man may not require a working wife.
A man who is just starting out may need a wife who can work and support him.
A business-minded man may need help with structure and ideas.
A career-driven man may need stability and peace at home.
To help a man, you must listen to the man you came to help.
Pastor Poju once said:
“The Holy Spirit will not help you in an area you do not know you need help or actively seek help.”
A helper lifts a load—
But if you do not know the load exists, the helper will stand there doing nothing.
For the single woman:
Find yourself, then follow a man whose assignment aligns with the kind of help you carry.
For the married woman:
Listen to the man and understand the kind of help he desires.
If he needs you to stay home and raise the children, then to be a thorough wife, God’s instruction is submission.
If you are ambitious, then the question becomes:
“How can I build from home without abandoning my primary assignment?”
Because your first purpose as a wife is to help the man.
The temptation is to enter the marriage and become the man…
To become the one the man is now helping. This doesn't mean the man shouldn't help the wife, no car from that. In fact a man grooms his wife.
I am talking about a woman running on her own and forgetting she's come to help the man. Many times she forgets to pay attention to her JD (Job Description).
I know this sounds strange to the modern woman, but I am speaking to the Christian wife.
You can chase dreams so intensely that you no longer render help to the man.
You go your way, he goes his way, and yet both of you still raise holy hands.
But hear me—
Satan is terrified of a couple with unity of purpose.
One will chase a thousand, but two will chase ten thousand.
He doesn’t want that kind of multiplication in your home.
So he separates your pursuits:
You chase your dreams, he chases his… and there is no intersection.
When that happens, the purpose of marriage is quietly defeated.
Nobody talks about this anymore.
Marriage has become a place for social identity, not kingdom assignment.
But what I’m describing is a kingdom marriage.
The woman helps the man.
The woman was made for the man.
We didn’t write that scripture, but if we believe the parts we like, then we must embrace this one too.
Is it a hard pill? Yes.
Even I don’t like the sound of it sometimes.
But we are conscripted into an army, and we live by the tenets of our King.
Unity is not “we don’t quarrel.”
Unity is one front, one pursuit, one direction.
How do you achieve this?
Talk. Plan. Align.
This becomes harder if you didn’t marry for purpose—then the only things binding you are children and a roof.
So learn to bring your dreams together and find a middle ground.
Ideally, the man leads with his vision, but if he didn’t find it before marriage, the foundation will naturally feel incomplete.
Still, as a wife, keep asking:
“How can I help you?”
Don’t assume. Ask.
That is the primary posture of a wife.
I hope this helps you.
Kindly help me share
I love you.
Your RC ❤️