Seeking God in your Marriage

WOD:

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BIBLE WOD:

2 Corinthians 6:14

¹⁴ Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?

We live in a time where divorce rates are at it's highest. I think there are several reasons behind this...
 
1. Satan is hard at work.
2. People are getting married for the wrong reasons. (lust for example)
3. Unbelievers are being married or an unbeliever marrying a believer.
4. God is not the center of the relationship.

God has to be the center of a relationship for it to be a successful one. The verse above instructs us as Christians to make our close companions, Christians, whether it be friends or significant others. Society today has taken God out of everything. You can see how the world is self destructing as we gradually take God out of the picture. Look around you, look at the public school system, who has taken God out of the classroom. I can't say that I'm surprised to see all these school shootings. As humans, we like to think we are in control of our lives and everything that goes on around you. May I remind you that God is the one in control and without him we are nothing.

Now I'll turn my focus back on relationships. I just wanted to illustrate how other things fail when God isn't the center of it.

UNMARRIED
If you remain unmarried I urge you to put all your focus on God. We are here to serve Him and glorify Him. If you understand what God's will is for you then you will start having a desire to fulfill that will instead of your own. Ground yourself in the Word of God and make your faith strong so that you can stand up to Satan when he seeks to tempt or destroy you.

 If you get discouraged about being alone or feel like God as nobody for you, remind yourself that you are God's servant. Maybe he wants you to be alone so you can be a better servant to Him without the distraction of a woman/man. If it is God's will for you to have a companion then He will send you one at the proper time. Our timing isn't God's timing. If you are weak in your faith then a woman/man can cause you to start wanting to please them first instead being a servant of God like you should be. It's very important to be a strong example of a Christian to your significant other. You will attract other Christians or possibly cause an unbeliever to come to Christ just by the examples you set.

MARRIED
If you are married or in the process of I urge you to put God first in your household. God will bless those who serve Him. I've seen marriages fail and they are left wondering "what went wrong?" The problem was that God had no part in their life or relationship from the start. I've had a few people come to me asking for advice about their relationship. I tell them they need to have God at the center of their relationship. When I give them that advice they often come back and ask why nothing is changing. They say "I'm reading the Bible, praying, and fitting God into my relationship." I tell them to stop and think about these questions... "Are you seeking God just because you want your relationship to work out?"  "Are you putting Him first in your life or are you just fitting Him in when it's appropriate for you?" "Is your heart on knowing God and His will or is your reason for seeking God just solely to make your relationship work out?" Sometimes we don't realize our motives behind seeking God are entirely the wrong one's. Often, we seek God only when things aren't going our way. We want them to go our way so we start talking to God more to get our way. This would be an example of the wrong motive. We should be seeking God because we desire to know Him, have a relationship with Him, until He becomes so real to us! (John 17:3) Once we have Christ as our foundation then He will build us up as strong Christians who can overcome troubles in our lives and marriages when Satan attempts to destroy them. If Christ IS the foundation of your marriage then who can destroy what Christ builds up? If you look at the marriages that have failed then you will see that they DID NOT have Christ as the foundation. Do you want your marriage to be a successful one? Then I urge you to seek a relationship with God FIRST, so that you can have a much better relationship with your wife/husband, second.