When a man takes a wife, he has stepped into one of the most blessed positions of life!
Proverbs 18:22 says, The man who finds a wife finds a treasure, and he receives favor from the Lord.
What an honor it is by the grace of God (2 Corinthians 9:8) and submission to God Ephesians 5:20) to . . .
- Love this treasure
- Protect this treasure
- Hide this treasure
- Hold this treasure
- Invest in this treasure
- Adore this treasure
- Cherish this treasure
Even as age, sin, disagreements, sorrows, disappointments, hardships, decay, and illness etches its hurt on the heart and the outward appearance of your treasure, that doesn't change the fact that God calls her a treasure.
Marriage is never the problem. God created marriage, and its good (Genesis 2:18-25). The issue is an old selfish sin nature that resides in both husband and wife, and the answer is to be what you became at salvation, I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me (Galatians 2:20).
Husbands, live in and by the truths of Romans 6-8, and you will be able to love your wife as Christ so loved the church (Ephesians 5:25).
She is the favor of God in your life. By God's grace and the love of Christ in you, love her, protect her, hide her, hold her, invest in her, adore her and cherish her!
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