“And the Lord God said, it is not good that man should be
alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him... And the Lord God caused a
deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and
closed up the flesh in its place. Then the rib which the Lord God had taken from man He made into a woman, and He brought her to the man. And Adam said: This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. - Genesis 2:18, 21-23
Today one of the main
reasons for the increase in the number of divorce cases is everyone are taking
the marriage relationship so lightly. The first important thing that has to be
understood in the marriage is it is a relationship created by God Himself. God
felt that it is not good for a man to stay alone and so He created woman and
brought her to the man.
The marriage
relationship that you are going to get in or the marriage relationship in which
you are already in is destined by the Lord Almighty. He united you and your
life partner with a purpose. Every marriage relationship has a purpose of God
in it.
A servant of God once
quoted like this, “God intends and expects marriage to be a lifetime
commitment between a man and a woman, based on the principles of biblical love.
The relationship between Jesus Christ and His church is the supreme example of
the committed love that a husband and wife are to follow in their relationship
with each other.”
If you wish to have a fruitful and blessed marriage
life you should very well know the Creator who created the marriage
relationship. To have a successful marriage relationship you should have an
intimate relationship with God. Marriage is ordained by God and so you need Him
in that relationship. You can’t keep God out of your marriage relationship and
have successful life.
When God brought Eve to Adam the relationship
started with God at the centre. But one day Eve took the centre stage and did a
thing which was against God’s will. Adam followed her keeping God away from
them. Since they kept God away from their relationship, they had a miserable time
all through their lives.
Once in India, God spoke to a girl who is a
daughter of a Christian missionary to marry a person who belongs to Hindu
religion. She obeyed God’s word and entered the relationship. On the first day
of her marriage itself she understood that her husband family were against her.
They hated her to the core but yet daily early morning 4 o clock she used to
get up and pray with tears to God for His strength to stay in the relationship.
Occasionally she was slapped and thrown out the
house by her husband because of her faith in God. One day as she was helping
him to wear his shoes, she asked him to return home early in the evening to
meet a Christian servant of God. Her husband disagreed but she said to him that
her God will bring him home early. Furious with anger, her husband kicked her
with his legs. The sharp edge of his shoe created a wound in her neck and blood
rushed out of her neck.
Think of her situation. She entered into that
relationship obeying the voice of God and now she was beaten to the core for no
reason. Can you imagine what she did? She tied her wound with the corner of her
dress and came near him and tied his shoelaces. Her husband said in his
biography that his wife lived the sermon of mount literally. On the very same
day God touched the life of her husband and he became a servant of God. Soon
his parents surrendered their life to God and they died peacefully.
She had several reasons to come out of her
marriage. Her in-laws were against her. Her own husband could not love her
because of her faith. Everything was against her but yet she prayed to God with
tears for His strength and stayed in that relationship because she knows it was
given by God to her. Because of that woman, entire family accepted Christ and
through her husband God did mighty things.
My dear young friends, do not take the marriage
relationship so lightly. It was created by God and you need Him at all stages
to guide you and lead you. Ask God to come into your marriage life today so
that you can have a blessed marriage life. Remember, marriage life is created
by God and you need Him more to stay truly on that relationship.
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