How Can Compatibility and Submission Co-exist?

The majority of couples who pledge their lives to each other believe they share similar plans and hope for the future. They also share a mutual need to protect their relationship against any endangerment. Mutuality and compatibility bind together to create safety and security.

Compatibility paves the way for the existence of mutual submission that is not offensive or threatening. The greater the degree of mutual trust and respect, the more extensive is the presence of compatibility, which may mean that less conflict will tend to dominate the relationship.

Nurturing compatibility must always be at the forefront of every committed relationship. Even if it appears that compatibility is nonexistent or has become smothered by huge differences, hope for rekindling the relationship is possible. Putting the Lord God first in your life and believing restoration is possible are necessities. Ask God for stamina to endure.    

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For you need endurance, so that after you have done God’s will you can receive what he has promised.

~Hebrews 10:36 International Standard Version

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What Does Compatibility Assume?

Instinctively, we human beings basically know if the potential for compatibility exists for a relationship. A young man created a business with a friend and assumed that compatibility in ambitions and objectives existed. Soon disputes over management of finances caused their friendship to collapse.

However a relationship is defined, success depends on having mutual values and agreeing on significant issues. Some relationships are so fragile that compatibility has to be carefully nurtured by elevating it above all areas of incompatibility.

Compatibility in marriage assumes that self-centeredness and self-reliance have given way to interdependence and mutuality, based on love and commitment to each other. Genesis 2:24 describes this as becoming one flesh in body, mind, and spirit. For compatibility to flourish and thrive, it must be nurtured and cherished.

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Therefore encourage and comfort one another and build up one another, just as you are doing.

~1 Thessalonians 5:11 Amplified Bible

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