GENESIS 2:18,21-24
There are some things we really need to pray about. We are humans and we have our nature. When we were taught the language of English, it was not only the grammar or how to put sentences together, but also the thought patterns of the owners of the language. They brought Literature and everything in it is about relationships, either good, bad or deceptive ones that ruin lives. These may remain in our hearts and they keep coming back to us if we are not careful, so also our experiences in the communities and with our parents. The pictures are in the mind but you must blot them out.
Husbands, love your wife as Christ loves the church. Some men put their wives in number seven or eight of their priorities. They put almost everything ahead of their wives, whereas, the number one priority after your salvation and readiness for heaven is loving your wife. Some claim to not smoke or drink, but they do not love their wives. Love and take care of your wives as you take care of your own bodies.
This counsel to love is also coming to the wives. They must love their husbands as they take care of their bodies, which is right, especially as they are getting older. They must also preserve their bodies with necessary nutrients and supplements in order to be strong and beautiful as they ought to be. This is the practical righteousness we ought to have.
Philippians 2:3. In the family, from husband to wife, wife to husband, parent to children and vice-versa, if you want to do anything, it must not be for strife or vainglory. We must check up. Nothing small, big, in the night or day must be for vainglory, rather, all should esteem others better than themselves. Plan the best for your wife and husband and there must be reciprocity of every good deed.
2. The Refreshing Fulfillment Of Growing Helpfulness (Genesis 2:18; Samuel 10:11; Proverbs 31:10–12,26; Ecclesiastes 4:9,10; Job 26:2,3; Romans 16:3,4; Acts 18:27)
It is not good that the man or the woman should be alone. The original purpose of marriage is to help. Some people say they do not need marriage. Marriage is for procreation, another is to prevent loneliness. Loneliness is a problem: living alone, talking alone, acting and doing everything alone. There are times you need a companion and partner. You need someone by your side to lift the burdens of life with you. Do not look at your age, 40, 50, or how you will not have children because of advanced age. That is not a problem, God promised to give us a suitable helper to give us the kind of help we cannot get from friends, family, relatives and neighbours.
2 Samuel 10:11 “And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me: but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will come and help thee.” You can see the word ‘help’ in the first part of the sentence, and the latter part. The help must be both ways, the husband will help the wife and the wife will reciprocate the kind gesture. Husbands have a way of keeping information about what they are going through from their wives. Understand the reason why God has given you a wife and husband. It is to be of help to one another.
Let me tell you a secret, there are times when God will withhold an idea from you and give it to your wife whom you assumed will not understand. Naturally she would not, but in fulfilling the purpose of the helpmeet, God will give the right idea to her at that particular time. This is because husbands don’t normally look towards their wives for help, whereas, God wants them to.
3. Rapturable Faithfulness For A Glorious Heaven (1 Corinthians 15:19; Luke 20:34–36; Matthew 24:36–42; Luke 21:34–36; 1 Corinthians 15:51-w 52; 1 John 3:1–3; Revelation 19:7–9)
The reason why we are in this world together is not only to enjoy it but to do everything together to make it on the day of rapture (I Corinthians 15:19) Our hope must not be limited to this world, otherwise, we will be of all men the most miserable. When it seems as if we are tired and cannot continue, our partner will be a good and encouraging help. This is a major part in our marriage (ch 15:52) It is the will of God for couples to help themselves in their pilgrimage to heaven. By the grace of God, we will be there. Happy and healthy marriages here will produce candidates for heaven. A family that will make heaven will help themselves to get there (Revelation 19:7-9) Every family member must be ready for the rapture. Everything in the family must be for the growth and development of every member.
Brothers, sisters, parents, children, we thank the Lord for all that He has taught us today. A good and godly marriage on earth, and a good passage to glory when the Lord shall come. You will not be found missing. Your marriage will not hinder your righteousness, rapture or relationship with the Lord, rather, it will build and encourage you, and move you forward.
Forget the past and start afresh today. Everything you ought to be, the Lord will do in your life. Grace upon grace, love upon love and good fellowship in your family and in the church of God. The love of God will grow in your hearts and homes and you will help one another to make it on the last day. Amen for your family.
Prayer:
* Pray for the singles, that they will get the chosen partners of God for their lives
* Pray for all married brethren, that their marriages will fulfill the purposes of God
* Pray for our GS that the Lord will bless and keep him for us. His source of wisdom and knowledge will never run dry in Jesus name.
Amen and Amen.
