To
Divorce
Your
Wife
Is
To Overwhelm Her With Cruelty
Scripture
Malachi
2
14 You cry
out, “Why doesn’t the Lord accept my worship?” I’ll
tell you why! Because the Lord witnessed the vows you and
your wife made when you were young. But you have been unfaithful to
her, though she remained your faithful partner, the wife of your
marriage vows.
15 Didn’t
the Lord make you one with your wife? In body and spirit
you are his. And what does he want? Godly children from your
union. So guard your heart; remain loyal to the wife of your
youth.
16 “For I hate divorce!” says the Lord, the God
of Israel. “To divorce your wife is to overwhelm her with cruelty,”
says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. “So guard your heart;
do not be unfaithful to your wife.”
Observation
“To
Divorce your wife is to overwhelm her with cruelty,” says the Lord
of Heaven's Armies.
“So
guard your heart; do not be unfaithful to your wife.”
Wow!
And right before that God said this, “For I hate divorce!”
In
verse fourteen of this same chapter we read that the 'Lord witnessed
the vows you and your wife made when you were young.' Hello!
…
Now let me
quickly say that this goes for wives too, especially in our culture!
Wives need to love their husbands and they need to remain faithful to
them too.
In
fact, the last time I wrote about a passage that dealt with marriage
and divorce I had a friend write me and he told me that his wife was
the one that was treating him cruelly. He shared with me that for the
past number of years she has been refusing to have sex with him. And
he shared with me that even though she was withholding herself from
him he was still committed to their marriage and he was still
committed to keeping the covenant that he had made with her before
God.
Satan
is our enemy not our spouse, but Satan will sure try to mess up our
marriage and he will try to make our spouse out to be the enemy! I do
believe that marital strife and divorce is Satan's number one weapon
in his arsenal that he uses against the church.
So
lets guard our hearts; lets not be unfaithful to our spouse.
Application
I
will guard my heart. I will be faithful to Kathy.
How
about you? Have you been neglecting your spouse? Date night?
Prayer
Heavenly
Father, marriage and family, they were both all Your idea. And
marriage only works the way it is supposed to work when You are
number One in our lives. Help me to keep Kathy in that number two
spot and help me to keep You as number One. I pray for those who have
gone through broken relationships and that may have even gone through
the pain of divorce. Help them Lord. Where possible bring marriages
back together even some that have already experienced divorce. You
are the God of making the “impossible” possible. I have seen you
heal marriages and restore relationships. You are a mighty God.
Nothing is too hard for You!
Daily
Bible Reading: Nehemiah 13; Malachi 1,2; Acts 4
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