Ever feel like you and your spouse are living in two different worlds?
Well, maybe you are.
For any person struggling in your marriage, the first thing you must come to an acknowledgement of truth about, is, what is your relationship with Jesus Christ?"
Do you know Christ at all? Do you obey Him? Are you born again? Is He your Lord and your God? Have you invited Christ to dwell in your heart as your Savior?
It's all about having a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.
The 'problems' in a marriage are merely symptoms. But the root cause can always be traced back to an individual's personal relationship (or lack of a relationship) with Christ.
For anyone out there who is angry with your spouse, "done with the marriage", refusing to forgive him or her for what they did to you, I would ask you this one question: "Do you love God?"
What do you mean?
It's a simple question. You either love God, or you don't.
So, how do you know if you truly love God?
What did Jesus say about that?
"If you love Me, keep My commandments." (John 14:15)
Which commandments?
For starters, what did Jesus say about divorce?
"And He answered and said to them, "Have you not read that He who made them at the beginning 'made them male and female,' and said, "For this reason a man shall leave His father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh'? So then, they are no longer two, but are one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, let not man separate." -(Matt 19:4-6)
Oh sure, you can find a loophole for that if you really want to divorce your spouse. After all, Jesus did say, divorcing your spouse is permitted—but only if there was sexual immorality involved.
But He also said:
The hardness of your heart. —That's the root of your problem.
A hard heart refuses to forgive.
"Yeah but, you don't know what they did to me!"
Yes, but, didn't Jesus forgive you for all that you have done to Him?
"Yeah, but..."
You either know and love God, or you don't. There is no in-between.
What is the evidence in your life that proves that you truly know God?
"Now, by this we know that we know Him; if we keep His commandments. He who says, "I know Him," but does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But whoever keeps His Word, truly the love of God is perfected in him. By this we know that we know Him." (1 John 2:3-5)
So, if you're looking for a loophole so that you can justify to yourself that you are legally permitted to divorce your spouse, then you will probably find one somewhere.
But if you are being truly honest with yourself, and with God, you must ask yourself this question:
"Do I truly know and love God?"
Until you choose to truthfully answer that question, and resolve it with God, you will never know true joy, peace, or freedom.
Jesus said: "He whom the Son has set free, is free indeed."
Christ the Savior also said, (Revelation 3:20)
You have to choose to open the door of your heart to Christ from the inside, and invite Him to come in.
He won't kick the door down. He won't ever force you.
—Choose Love.
—God is Love, and Love Never Fails.
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