What is the purpose of marriage? What was God’s intention when He created the institution called marriage?
And what is the purpose of your own marriage? You should know the general purpose of marriage and the purpose of your individual marriage. Please read more to find out more about the difference between these two purposes.
Myles Munroe of blessed memory once said, “When the purpose of a thing is not known, abuse is inevitable.”
Just what is the purpose of marriage?
God is the One who created the marriage institution so He must be the One who will understand the purpose for each marriage. It’s important that Christian husbands go to God to find out:
- The general purpose of marriage
- The will of God for their individual marriages
DNA for each marriage is different
Someone said, “The DNA for each marriage is different” So it’s wrong to compare your marriage to any other. You can learn one or two things from other marriages but you must find out the will of God for your own marriage.
Read this:
And He said to them, when you pray, say: Our Father Who is in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come. Your will be done [held holy and revered] on earth as it is in heaven.” (Luke 11:2). (AMPLIFIED)
Myles Munroe, of blessed memory, once said, “When the purpose of a thing is not known, abuse is inevitable.” I believe that’s very apt. If you don’t understand the general purpose of marriage as designed by God, you will end up abusing it.
Likewise, if you fail to understand the make-up and DNA of your own individual marriage, you will end up abusing it. Therefore, it’s of utmost importance that Christian husbands create time to investigate these classes of knowledge so that they can be able to manage their marriages successfully.
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Make up of my marriage
After I studied the general purpose of marriage, I also took my time, with the help of the Spirit of God, to investigate the make-up of my own marriage too.
I had to investigate the background, education, societal backgrounds my wife came from. I also checked the types of friends she had been keeping in the past 20 years of her life.
I also checked the books and the information she had been exposed to in the past 10 years compared to mine. The cultural background or differences were also put into consideration.
All these helped me to deal with a lot of ugly situations in marriage divinely and decisively. Some situations or discoveries that needed to be prayed over were handled prayerfully.
Christian husbands should beware
Many Christian husbands get it wrong here especially Christian ministers or pastors. They want to run all the shows in their marriages exactly the way their senior pastors or spiritual mentors run theirs.
Things don’t usually work out fine this way.
Once, I was trying to counsel a Christian husband who was always having a quarrel with his wife and which was already leading to a divorce (they ended up divorcing each other) but as much as I tried to point out why his marriage is different to that of a neighbor, he kept on referring to how he wanted his marriage to be like that of the neighbor. It was then that I knew the marriage was going under and it did after few months of our discussion.
God can help your marriage
Let God help you to carry out these two studies about your wife and your marriage (the general purpose of marriage and the will of God for your individual marriage). You will begin to see the miraculous changes that will begin to happen in your marriage.
Prayer: God show me the will of God for my marriage in Jesus name.
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25 practical ways I treat my wife biblically to solve difficult problems and ensure unity in my marriage.
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