I Got Married

Scripture: Romans 7:1, 2, and 4 "(1) Or do you not know... that the law has dominion over a man as long as he lives? (2) For the woman who has a husband is bound by the law to her husband as long as he lives. But if the husband dies, she is released from the law of her husband... (4) Therefore, my brethren, you also have become dead to the law through the body of Christ, that you may be married to another - to Him who was raised from the dead, that we should bear fruit to God."

Observation: This is a beautiful picture of the saving work of God who poured out grace until us that we may be freed from the power of our old marriage to sin and then be swooned and won into marriage with Jesus.

The relationship that I now have with God is meant to be a vibrant, dynamic, intimate, and rewarding experience. It should be characterized by every good thing that ought to come with a marriage, which God designed to be the most rewarding and intimate relationship that humans can have.

God was intentional when He led Paul to use marriage language here and elsewhere. God did not use the marital relationship as a pattern for how our new life with Him should look after we are saved through Jesus. Rather, during creation He designed marriage after the relationship that He intended for all people to have with Him. The work of Jesus on the cross allowed us to return to that relationship.

Application:  Seek and pursue this reality with God.

Prayer: Help me to understand this more and to really apply this. It is hard to keep the right mindset and to maintain a heavenly, eternal perspective and to love You with a sincere, loyal and
serving love. But I love You as I can. Thank You for saving me from the power of sin and delivering me to life! Amen.