HONOR YOUR (SPOUSE) PARENTS

“For God commanded saying, ‘Honor your father and your mother’, and ‘He who curses father or mother, let him be put to death’. But you say, ‘Whoever says to his father or mother, “Whatever profit you might have received from me is a gift to God” then he need not honor his father or mother.’ Thus you have made the commandment of God of no effect by your tradition.” – Matthew 15:4-6

There lived a world renowned servant of God in southern part of India. Many years back he got a physical problem. Doctors could not diagnose the reason and so he could not get a healing.

During that time, he fasted and asked God the reason for his sickness. God answered him through His Holy Spirit and told him that his mother’s bitterness was the reason for his disease. He could not understand that as his mother was dead at that time.

Actually his mother was in death bed when he was doing God’s ministry. As a mother she wants her son to be with her during her last days. But he didn’t bother about her desire and was doing God’s ministry tirelessly. His mother wish was not fulfilled and she died with bitterness upon him as he was away from her. Holy Spirit told him that her bitterness brought him the sickness.

Then the servant of God fasted for three days and prayed to God asking His forgiveness. Jesus Christ graciously had forgiven him and healed him.

My dear young friends, you have to honor your parent’s desire and wish. You might have got married. If you despise your parents or your spouse parents, remember that you grieve God’s heart. Once you grieve God’s Holy Spirit you might lose some of His blessings. Do not forget to honor your parents and your spouse parents.

You should never try to separate your spouse the relationship of his/her parents. Just imagine this illustration.

You have a seed and you know that if you nurture and take care of it properly it will grow as a huge tree and you can enjoy the shadow of it leisurely. So you labor day and night for the seed. You plant it in the good soil; you water it and slowly it grow as a plant. Then you put a fence around it and keep on watering it.

One fine day the seed has become a huge tree with so many branches and fruits. Now you are so proud about it and you think of enjoy its fruits and take rest in its shadow. But suddenly someone comes to you and say that the tree belongs to them and they alone will take rest in the shadow and they alone will have the fruits. How do you feel then?

Will not your heart get shattered? Surely your heart will get shattered and even you might curse the person who does that.

But if you clearly think it’s you who is doing this. Your spouse parents were the one who took care and raised your spouse inspite of all struggles and pain. Because of them your spouse reached a good position in the society. Then as they thought to take rest on his/her earnings you interfere and throw them out of their son/daughter’s house.

How would their heart feel about it? Do you think that you will live a blessed life when they grieve upon the injustice caused to them? Do you think that you will live a happy life when your spouse parents live a tear filled life?

My dear young friends you might be married or you might not. But take a resolution to honor your parents as well as your spouse parents. Provide them what all they desire for once upon a time they provided what you had wanted. Keep them happy and spend time with them. Do not have any hatred upon them and do not let them go weary and tired. If you keep them happy, honor them and provide what they wanted, surely Jesus Christ will bless you and reward you.

Bible says, “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the Lord your God is giving you.” – Exodus 20:12

Honor your parents as well as your spouse parents. God will surely bless you.