There is absolutely nothing like having your computer refusing to work!  It is either working too slow or it refuses to do the commands that you tell it.  Nothing can frustrate your plans or disturb your day more than when you have to hit those famous keys – control, alt, delete!  I mean all you are trying to do is get your work done and then poof, the computer freezes and you have to start over.  Doesn’t it make you wonder what’s so powerful about those three little keys, control, alt, delete, that has the ability to reach beyond the external commands that you are by now banging to touch something inside to make it start fresh.

Only God could take a frustrating computer day to make a point about us in our marriages:

The “Control” key: Remember who really is in control – God.  See all the hollering at the computer and throwing my hands up in frustration didn’t do a thing.  It was when I relinquished my so-call control and submitted to hitting the control key, was when a signal was sent to the internal part of the computer to trigger something inside to have it respond.  So it is in marriage.  We can holler, throw temper tantrums and throw our hands in frustration when our husbands are not responding they way we want them. Problem is, until we recognize God as the head of our marriage, all the external commands that we put on our husbands will cause him to do exactly like the computer — freeze up.

The same God that created us and loves us as His daughters, is the same God that created our husbands and knows how to touch an internal part inside to have him to respond.  Not to manipulate to get our way, but instead surrendering our plans and emotions to those of our Heavenly Father and have His will done.  God created our husbands to love us, protect and provide for us and He knows exactly how to trigger the response that will best bring glory to Him.  By relinquishing the control or hitting the control key, we are asking God not to make our husbands do what we want, but more importantly have our husband to receive direction from God Himself.  In the long run, isn’t that what we really want our husbands to do?

Father, in your Name Jesus, forgive me for not being mindful that You really are in control of every aspect of my life, including my marriage.  Lord, I’m sorry for wanting things to go my way instead of seeking what Your way is.  Father, I want my marriage to glorify you and so Lord, I lay down every tendency to control or maneuver my husband and ask that You speak to his heart, You guide his decisions and Lord, my heart trusts in You and magnifies You for what You are about to do in me, my husband and our marriage.  In Jesus Name.

Join us next time for the next “button” ALT.

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