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Now You Understand Why Sarah Called Her Husband Lord
For years, I read the scripture where Sarah called Abraham lord and quietly bristled. Because I didn’t understand and felt she was making him her god.
But now that I understand covenant authority.
“Just as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord…” — 1 Peter 3:6
This was never about inferiority or even his current condition or alignment.
Sarah wasn’t shrinking herself. She was standing inside a divine principal...
Calling her Abraham up in a way that would expanded his life.
She understood strategy. Something modern women are rarely taught and don't know how to give. When a man is rightly positioned under God, honoring him doesn’t diminish a woman—it covers him.
Calling Abraham lord wasn’t for flattery or out of fear. It was, Sarah's way of helping him to recognized the weight he carried, the responsibility on his shoulders, and the assignment God had entrusted to him.
She honored the office, to raise the man.
That's why when Jesus speaks of fasting, He does not frame it as discipline first — He frames it as relationship.
When Jesus said “Who touched Me?”, it comes from this moment:
The Scripture
“And Jesus said, Who touched me? When all denied, Peter and they that were with him said, Master, the multitude throng thee and press thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?
And Jesus said, Somebody hath touched me: for I perceive that virtue is gone out of me.”
— Luke 8:45–46 (KJV)
He calls Himself the Bridegroom.
In ancient covenant culture, when the bridegroom was present, the atmosphere was celebration, provision, protection, and delight.
The bride did not fast because she was in the presence of her husband. She was fed, covered, and cherished. Fasting would have been inappropriate because it would signal lack,
And lack does not exist where the covenant head is present. Who wants to state lack in the presence of their husband.
Jesus is teaching that fasting is not for earning love — it is for those who long for God when His presence is withdrawn from them.
Wife Wisdom: Know the Season
A wise bride understands timing.
When the Bridegroom is present → ReceiveWhen the Bridegroom is absent → Pursue
When the Bridegroom is near → Rest
When the Bridegroom feels distant → Fast
Fasting is not punishment. It is desire intensified. It is the language of a bride saying, “I miss You.”
The Pharisees fasted out of duty.
John’s disciples fasted out of transition.
Jesus’ disciples rested out of covenant security.
A wife does not starve herself to prove loyalty while her husband is at the table. You don't need all night prayer when you are talking to God.
This is why fasting without intimacy becomes religious anorexia — thin in power, empty in love.
Fasting is not a lifestyle of deprivation.
A woman grounded in covenant:
Knows when to pray
Knows when to fastKnows when to feast
Knows when to be still and be loved
Jesus is restoring us back to biblical intelligence, not religious exhaustion.
She's A Wonder To My Soul.
A parallel verse also says:
“And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea;
and it should obey you.” — Luke 17:6 (KJV)
Final Decree
You do not fast to become His bride. You are already one with God.
