By Jill Krueger Wagner
I doubt that anyone would disagree with the statement that there
are two opposing forces in the world: forces for good and forces for evil.
However, some might argue with the thought that those two forces each have an
architect behind them.
There probably isn’t a husband or wife alive who, at one
time or another, thought that their spouse was acting just plain evil (or
stupid, insensitive, asinine, etc.). Usually when we’ve been hurt or
disappointed our mind goes toward the negative and nobody can hurt or
disappoint like a spouse.
It would be disturbing to actually think that some evil
beings were behind a spouse’s actions that upset us, but that is exactly what
the Bible says:
“For our struggle in not against flesh and blood, but against
the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and
against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.” Ephesians 6:12
Who is pulling the strings of your spouse’s actions? Who
gains when spouses fight? The hate-filled one who loves disunity, fighting, and
arguing. The thief who wants to steal your happiness, the Devil.
Who loses? Husbands, wives, and God.
If those rulers, authorities, powers, and evil forces can
keep you focused on your mate’s behavior, they have a good chance of dividing
you.
If, on the other hand, God can get you to “love one another,”
“be kind one to another, tenderhearted forgiving one another,” He can bind you
together with love. God wins and so do you and your spouse.
You see Jesus said “The thief comes only to steal and kill
and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.”
John 10:10 God wants you to have a good marriage.
Remember who your REAL enemy is. Also remember that “a good
marriage is made up of two good forgivers.”
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