ONE OF THE PILLARS OF A HAPPY MARRIAGE is contentment.

Now, what is contentment? Here’s the Wikipedia definition:

“Contentment is a state of being in which one is satisfied with their current life situation, and the state of affairs in one’s life as they presently are. If one is content, they are at inner peace with their situation and how the elements in one’s life are situated.” In a nutshell therefore, contentment is a state of being happily satisfied with what you have and who you are.

In Marriage, the first “thing” to be contented with is your Spouse. You must be strongly contented with your Mate. When you’re truly contented with your them as you should, it’s wells up in your heart and overflows in form of hearty gratitude, admiration, affection and praise. We see this in Adam’s spontaneous reaction to the sight of Eve and in the relationship of the Spouses in the Song of Solomon.

When Adam beheld Eve for the first time, he had instant contentment and satisfaction about ALL OF HER PERSON; which was why he gleefully exclaimed:

“THIS IS NOW BONE OF MY BONES, AND FLESH OF MY FLESH: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.” (Genesis 2:23) Adam was completely and perfectly contented with Eve. YOU NEED TO HAVE THE SAME DEPTH OF CONTENTMENT WITH YOUR SPOUSE.

One of the causes of infidelity amongst married couples today is the lack of contentment with their mate. And when as a Spouse you’re not happily and truly contented with your Mate, you’ve inadvertently opened the gates of your heart and mind for the spirits of sexual immorality and perversion to enter your life and wreck havock.

God has long before we were born commanded you and I to be satisfied with our Spouses. These commands are encapsulated in the following and other Scriptures:

1) “LET YOUR CONVERSATION BE WITHOUT COVETOUSNESS; AND BE CONTENT WITH SUCH THINGS AS YE HAVE” (Hebrews 13: 5a) This Scripture commands you to be satisfied with each and everything that you have and that obviously includes your Marriage Partner. Stop comparing them with the husband or wife of your neighbours or friends because that’s a very foolish, ungrateful and unkind thing to do after God has gone out of His way to bless you with a Spouse; in a world where so many aren’t married even though they’re better gifted and even more beautiful or more handsome than you.

2) “HE WHO FINDS A WIFE FINDS A GOOD THING,

AND OBTAINS FAVOR FROM THE LORD.”(Proverbs 18:22) Your husband or wife is GOOD THING. And when God says that a gift is good, it means that it’s also PERFECT; because God only gives good and perfect gifts. When you have such a good and perfect gift in your life, it’s shere foolishness to sneak out to commit Adultery in some hidden hotel somewhere down town.

As already said, lack of contentment is one of the leading causes of infidelity among married couples. This lack of contentment is summarized in one word: COVETOUSNESS. Yet, God has long ago commanded:

“THOU SHALT NOT COVET THY NEIGHBOUR’S HOUSE, THOU SHALT NOT COVET THY NEIGHBOUR’S WIFE” (Exodus 20:17a). In the Scripture verse above, the mere internalized and unspoken desire to have your neighbour’s Spouse is extremely forbidden. How much more then the actual act of taking steps to possess the man or woman of your lustful desire as in the case of David coveting and taking the wife of Uriah? God detests such sins and His judgement of the culprits is most certain, as His Word clearly tells us in Hebrews 13: 4

“Marriage is honourable in all and the bed undefiled BUT WHOREMONGERS AND ADUTERERS GOD WILL JUDGE.”

Note that the command, “THOU SHALT NOT COVET THY NEIGHBOUR’S WIFE” covers the coveting of unmarried ladies or young men because they are the future wives and husbands of your much younger and even unborn neighbours. This means you’re forbidden to desire anyone else apart from your Spouse!

If Adam was contented with Eve his wife, you have no reason to be unsatisfied with yours because it’s the same God Who created Eve that made your Spouse; and He ensured that EVERYTHING you need in a Marriage Partner are fully in your Mate. If you haven’t yet seen them, then be patient and continue to live happily together in love and the time will come when you’ll see them. It’s not that those qualities aren’t there, rather it’s you who’s blinded by your biases, ingratitude and ignorance from seeing them.

🍷🍗 TAKE-HOME LESSON: BE HAPPILY AND GRATEFULLY CONTENTED WITH YOUR GOD-GIVEN SPOUSE; BECAUSE THEY’RE GOOD AND PERFECT. GOD ONLY GIVES GOOD AND PERFECT GIFTS (JAMES 1:17)

💕❤️ TONIGHT’S ONE FLESH ASSIGNMENT IN THE BEDROOM

Sit down together in the bedroom and reread today’s devotional piece and discuss it.

🍏🍎 MARRIAGE REVOLUTION CONTINUES BEAUTIFULLY!🍎🍏

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