If you are wise as a serpent you will not allow your wife to make you eliminate people God has put in your life.
You must subdue the woman who makes you eliminate the important people in your life. Jezebel is famous for how she eliminated Naboth! But Jezebel is not the only woman to eliminate people she does not want! Many ladies, out of their insecurity, eliminate people they do not like! It is not uncommon to find a long list of ladies who have been eliminated due to the pressure wives placed on their husbands.
The Jezebel spirit is callous and unfeeling, not caring what happens to those who are eliminated. Jezebel did not care what happened to Naboth! He could go to hell, as far as she was concerned. She organised the elimination of somebody’s father, brother and son. The voice of Jezebel rings loud and strong today, ‘Let her go. Let him go, I don’t want to see them anymore. I don’t care what happens to them. I don’t care if they do not have a ministry anymore. I don’t care if they do not have a job anymore. Just let them go out of my sight.
And it came to pass, when Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned, and was dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab, Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give thee for money: for Naboth is not alive, but dead.
1 Kings 21:15
If you are wise as a serpent you will not allow your wife to lead you away from your ministry.
This is what happened to Solomon. You must subdue or reject the woman who leads you away from God. Unfortunately, some men allow their wives to lead them away from their ministry. I remember a couple I counselled about a decision they were taking to leave the church. Initially, it looked as though the husband could be persuaded to do the right thing. However, he completely turned away from the path of righteousness and went astray. It was mysterious to me because I perceived that he was listening to my counsel. Years later, I found out that his wife, although quiet during the meetings, was the strong influence behind the scenes, urging him to resign and leave the church. Just like Solomon’s wives, this lady had turned her husband’s heart away from the ministry. Wives are powerful people. They can actually turn the direction of somebody’s heart.
But king Solomon loved many strange women …
For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that HIS WIVES TURNED AWAY HIS HEART after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father.
1 Kings 11:1, 4
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