31 Dec Marriage Treasure (Series 6)
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Commitment.
Commitment is an action or way of life generated from a strong decision to make something happen at all cost irrespective of the challenge one may encounter in his or her cause of duty.
It is a great weapon that helps marriage to endure both soft and hard times.
Nurture it like a baby.
Commitment in marriage is meant to be an operational machinery for husband and wife to position their marriage in a good direction, to enable the marriage to fulfil purpose. Marriage is like a little child, which is borne through the hands of the couple to fulfil God’s purpose.
It is hard to see a mother after nine months of pregnancy who also labored and put to bed, that will carry the same child after handing over the child to her from the maternity, that will want to personally kill him or her.
Except on the ground that the woman is insane and if a woman who just put to bed is mentally derailed, the medical personnel know that the woman does not have what it takes to take the custody of the child at that moment. They will never release the baby to her.
Every sane mother after delivery wants to have the child to carry, to care for, and to have for the rest of her life on the ground of commitment.
Knowing full well that the child may at a time make mistakes, even misbehave, it is this commitment that will make the mother keep fighting for the child and protect him or her from every danger.
Such a commitment is even more productive when it involves the mother and the father of the child.
Marriage is like a little child, if finally handed over to a couple, they owe the marriage an obligation to nurture it as a baby with every good of life.
It’s obvious that one cannot be happy in his marriage all the time, anything can be the cause, even it can be your spouse. It has not translated to you throwing the baby (marriage) away.
If you feel comfortable with the marriage when things are going on fine, when the time of challenge comes, it is your commitment to the marriage that will make you to focus your attention on solution than blame.
Your marriage is a baby in your hand, keep nurturing it. It must not be sick, fail, or die. God counts on you that your own marriage will be among those that will give the kingdom joy, and make it proud.
Commitment is also turning the reasons to quite a marriage to a reason for staying. Did they tell you that your spouse is ugly? Commitment will make you to ignore that and start working on your own to make him or her beautiful.
when they see the difference, they will praise your God, by that, you have succeeded in turning your weakness to strength. Not to start running after a ready made marriage Product, you can make one.
Perhaps, your wife is not educated, you can commit yourself to making her educated within the space of how many years.
Do not forget the Bible word in Mark.12.10 And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner.
That is what commitment can do.
Commitment is not made because a partner is perfect, complete or floorless but for the reason that the relationship must work.
Reasons for commitment.
1. God’s command.
it is the command from God in Ecclesiastes 9:10
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest. (Kjv).
The Bibles also said in Heb.9.27 –
And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment (kjv).
This is telling you and i that coming to this world is just once, to marry or to be married to is your right, therefore, you must do everything possible to make your marriage work. You are not coming to this world again.
2. To save other marriages.
think of those who are likely watching your steps, they see your marriage as yardstick to work out their own marriage.
your commitment to make your Marriage work will lead to making many marriages work by following your steps. if you derail, do know for sure, that you have made many to do so.
How would you feel, if you see many and different families lined up by a gully or a deep, each family falling into the pit one after the other perishing, due to the fact that they saw you as an image of God worth to be emulated.
There are images of God who are doing wrong things (they thought it’s right) just because their spiritual leader is doing it.
God count on so many marriages (of generals, captains of industries and so on) to do the kingdom proud, but he’s lamenting over them. This is because they have let him down in many areas.
God blessed some, so that they can give back to the kingdom of God. The first thing they do is to put away their spouse who God recognized with them. On that, God cannot be happy with them.
3) Kingdom of God.
Your commitment to your marriage makes God happy, because marriage is heartbeat of God. It is only in marriage that you can raise godly children for the kingdom.
Your commitment to your marriage expands God’s kingdom and makes your own space available for you in the kingdom. To get a space in the kingdom is not automatic; you have to work for it .
Matthew 20.20 – 22.
Then came to him the mother of Zebedee’s children with her sons, worshipping him, and desiring a certain thing of him.
21 – And he said unto her, What wilt thou? She saith unto him, Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on the left, in thy kingdom.
22 – But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are able. Kjv
your commitment must get to the point of giving all to your marriage.
If you have the mind of God, you won’t see a committed spouse of yours doing everything possible to make your marriage work, and you will still continue to do things in your own way.
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