Under authority

Luk 10:17-20  And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name.  (18)  And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.  (19)  Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.  (20)  Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.

Christ has been given power over all things.  We see that several times in the New Testament.  (Ephesians 1-2, for example).  

The analogy that we should love our wives as Christ loved the church breaks down a little bit on this issue, because we have not been given all power...all things have not been placed under our feet.  So we can not in turn protect our wives by our own power.

But, Christ is our head, and he has been give all power and authority.  If we, like the centurion who came requesting something of Jesus, who told Jesus that he was a man under authority, and therefore he understood that Christ could simply heal his servant without traveling to the servants location.  Christ was amazed by this faith.  We, too, are men under authority: the authority of Christ our head.  So as we submit to his authority, and carry out his mission on our lives and in the lives of our family, we are putting ourself under He who has all authority.  

If we, on the other hand, are simply taking power in our families, in order to get our way, to be served, to "rule our own castle" for the sake of our comfort and pleasure, then we are no longer acting as men under authority, and I wonder how that influences our families, and their protection.

We therefore should consider: Christ is the head over all things, including our homes, families and relationships.  We are placed and empowered to carry out His will, not our own in our responsibilities to our family.  I propose that when we try and impose our own will, and not submit to His will, that we are usurping his rightful authority in our homes, and we need to repent!

Thoughts?