Making a love relationship work WELL can be
quite challenging. How rewarding it is when we have a rich relationship
with God! Just as a love relationship is between us and the Lord is
rewarding, so it is for a married couple when they take the time to
invest in a rich relationship with each other. I have witnessed too many
marital relationships that have become too stale, strained and
fractured from the stresses of everyday life when obsolete of God’s
divine guidance and Lordship, no longer loving, no longer caring.
Continually trying to withdraw from an overdrawn account of love without
ever taking the time to put back or sow into it. The marriage can
truly become a balancing act to navigate through the emotional
landmines!
Yet paralleling the two relationships offers us a
continual life lesson that we must often be reminded of. The two most
critical relationships of my life; must be centered in the Lord. My life
and my relationship with my life love must be centered in His Word and
grounded in prayer every day in every way!
I especially like how
the Amplified Bible puts it... "The Lord your God is in the midst of
you, a Mighty One, a Savior [Who saves]! He will rejoice over you with
joy; He will rest [in silent satisfaction] and in His love He will be
silent and make no mention [of past sins, or even recall them]; He will
exult over you with singing. (Zeph. 3:17)
Also
in Colossians 3:1-5 it speaks of the new life we have in Christ when we
make Him THE priority, "If then you have been raised with Christ [to a
new life, thus sharing His resurrection from the dead], aim at and seek the [rich, eternal treasures] that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. And set your minds and keep them set on what is above (the higher things), not on the things that are on the earth. For [as far as this world is concerned] you have died, and your [new, real] life is hidden with Christ in God.
When
we look at our eternal creator through the scope of a greater
picture...We become open to receive from the Lord precious truths and
guidance that save us from the turmoil, divisiveness, and senseless
arguments of the world.... In other words, when we delight in the Lord,
God will take delight in us and even cause us to reap of His presence,
in turn guidance, and joy as He rejoice over our lives with singing.
I
certainly want my spouse to view me from that same type of spiritual
scope as it speaks of in Zephaniah! I want to encourage you to begin
each day with a morning of acknowledging God, and His Presence. Maintain
a thankful, open heart that accommodates for a rich relationship with a
Great Savior and in return accommodates for a great relationship with
your Spouse!
