LIFE SCRIPTS

It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement: but I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.
Matthew 5:31‭-‬32 KJV

Christ once again revisits the issue of adultery. He gives it a different angle; the marriage angle. Marriage is ordained of God. When a man and a woman are united in holy matrimony, God honors it. Now what is marriage? In our age, the institution of marriage has taken a major hit. It is no longer an institution taken seriously. Many opt out of it as they wish and re-engage others in marriage leaving behind a trail of broken hearts, hurt kids and damaged relationships. God is big in relationships. Very big indeed. So big that He sacrificed His own Son in order for us to be reconciled back to Him. How much more seriously will He take our relations with each other? Broken marriages, are absolutely not in God’s plan. In the Old Testament, perhaps God made that provision because of our stubbornness. However, in the age of grace, much has been given. Much will be required. God has offered us His unmerited grace. How much more should we be gracious to our spouses when they wrong us? Marriage is an institution for life. Marriage is also a convenant. It doesn’t matter whether it was entered into in front of God’s people and His minister, in the midst of villagers, before family members or even just between the two people concerned. God witnesses it and honors it because He’s omnipresent. Once a man and a woman make a commitment to each other to enter into a lifelong relationship, God honors it. When we engage in extra marital sex, it injures the institution of marriage. When we divorce our spouses, it messes up God’s plan for marriage. When we remarry after divorce while our spouses are alive, we go against God’s will and sin before Him while causing our estranged spouses to sin against Him. Marriage is a life of forgiving each other and reconciling to each other. It’s not easy, but it pays and is enjoyable when we make God our centre. If our centre is money, it will not hold during financial stress. If our centre is health, it will crumble during sickness. But if God is our centre, we are assured like the man who built his house on the rock, that we shall stand in the midst of the storms of life and glorify God.