The Purpose of Your Marriage
While we endure our marriages with highs and lows of love, companionship, arguments, and disagreements, it is a surprise that our relationship has a Godly and eternal purpose. Therefore we should limber up and carefully honor and guard our marriage relationship. Regardless of how callous or weak our marriage partner is, we must invest our best into this relationship. What we bring into our relationship is entirely up to us, like the fruit of the Holy Spirit, like love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, faithfulness, and self-control. Add sharing the housework, caring for one another, and a load of laughter and respect.
So what is the purpose of our marriage? Ephesians 5:25-33
25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her 26 to make her holy, cleansing[b] her by the washing with water through the word, 27 and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. 28 In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 29 After all, no one ever hated their own body, but they feed and care for their body, just as Christ does the church— 30 for we are members of his body. 31 “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”[c] 32 This is a profound mystery—but I am talking about Christ and the church. 33 However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
Marriage portrays ADONAI’s sacrificial and eternal love and redemption plan. Eph 5:25-27.
Marriage portrays ADONAI’s provision and care for the church. Eph 5:29
Marriage portrays the mystery of the Messiah Yeshua united with the church. The principle of leaving and cleaving promotes unity. Eph5: 30-33. Genesis 2:24; Matt 19:5; Mark 10:8.
Amazing, isn’t it?
Marriages were also ADONAI’s plan for godly children. Malachi 2: 14-15.
Unity is key.
Marriages are not just a legal document, a human institution, the daily humdrum of work and play. It represents the Messiah and his beloved bride in unity. The bridegroom does everything to make her holy (set apart for divine purposes), cleansing her with His Word, to be aglow with His glory, and as His Body, blameless, without any stain, wrinkle, or blemish. Marriage is not just a physical relationship but a spiritual event where two separate individuals are joined together to become a ‘new creation’. When you look at the children you bear, they are like you but different. When Yeshua is united with His church they become inseparable in His love. There is no place for divorce here. ( Romans 8:38-39). Yeshua is the head of the church which is His body. Ephesians 1:22-23.
While you may not agree on food, colors, and other things, don't let these little foxes destroy your relationship. Each of us is a unique creation of YHWH ADONAI, made in His image and likeness. This is enough reason to respect each other's likes and dislikes while maintaining unity, joy, and peace. Opposites attract, so the opposition will remain in our lives to teach us tolerance, patience, kindness, and respect. This opposition prevents us from becoming extremists in our thinking, attitudes, and behavior. So we have much to thank ADONAI for, especially for our marriage partners.
Finally, you belong to ELOHIM, you are not your own. He paid the price for us through His death on the cross. Therefore, our marriage belongs to Him and must function as He has planned and purposed to point others to Him.
Be encouraged to look beyond the nitty-gritty of your human relationship and peer into eternity and see how important your unity with your spouse is from that perspective. The purpose of your marriage is worth all your investment and energy because it is so important to ADONAI. All excuses will fall flat. So don’t quit. Ask the Holy Spirit to direct your path and to help you do what He says. You can be kind to one another, forgiving one another, just as the Messiah has forgiven you. You can give it another try and another.
May YHWH ADONAI bless, protect, and strengthen your marriage. May His blessings flow to and through each of you to be united and a blessing to others. May your marriage be a joyful and strong testimony of His love. Amen. Shalom be with you.
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