When a person willingly submits to God-ordained authority, that person then opens the valve to the flow of God's power in his life. God begins to move in his behalf, helping him put together the broken pieces of his life. When, however, a person rebels against authority, he closes the valve to God's power and opens instead the valve to every kind of evil. God has established a specific hierarchy of authority. The earth is under the authority of man and woman.
Children are under the authority of their parents.
The wife is under the authority of her husband. The husband is under the authority of Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ is under the authority of God the Father. Refusal to adhere to this hierarchy results in broken relationships and all the suffering that goes with them. When the husband refuses to submit to the authority of Jesus Christ, he cannot love his wife the way God commands him to love her.