WHEN LOT AND HIS FAMILY WERE FAVOURED BY GOD to escape the judgement that would come upon Sodom and Gomorrah, God’s Angels told them clearly not to look back. Unfortunately, Lot’s wife did and she became a Pillar of Salt.

As the children of Israel journeyed from Egypt to Canaan land, one of the undoing of many of them was their looking back by lusting and craving for the pleasures of Egypt:

“THEY CRAVED INTENSELY IN THE WILDERNESS and tested God in the desert.
So He granted their request, BUT SENT A WASTING DISEASE UPON THEM.” (Psalm 106:14-15)

Like the escape of Lot’s family and Israel from Sodom-Gomorrah and Egypt respectively, Marriage is also a journey: an escape from the world of lonesomeness to that of warmth and companionship with your Spouse. You began this journey on the day you became husband and wife. And as you travel together, one of the things you must avoid is LOOKING BACK. Here are some of the things you must not turn to look at.

(1) YOUR EX-LOVERS, EX-SUITORS, ETC.
As a married person, the set of people above are top among those YOU MUST NOT LOOK BACK TO SEE, no matter how rich they might have become! KEEP VERY FAR FROM THEM; not because they are enemies but to avoid the possibility your heart and flesh deceiving you into embracing them again. If you slept with a man or woman in the past, keep very far away from them both physically and emotionally; because you could fall into immorality with them again, if you go close. It has happened to MANY; so don’t overestimate your spirituality or your power of personal discipline.

Don’t reconnect with them on phone, social media, through visits or by receiving gifts from them. If you’ve reconnected with them by any of the above means, PLEASE DISCONNECT IMMEDIATELY!!!

(2) YOUR FATHER’S HOUSE AND THE ENJOYMENT OR COMFORTABLE LIFE THEREIN.
Once you’re married, don’t look back at your parent’s home. That home took many years to become what it is. On no account should you compare your new home that’s only a few years old with your parent’s. Doing that is opening the door for the spirit of discontentment to walk into your life and make you feel unhappy with your own home that’s young and just coming up.
Instead, join hands with your Spouse and build your lives and new home together. As a matter of fact, FORGET the life in your parent’s home. Hear what the Scripture says:

“10 Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; FORGET ALSO THINE OWN PEOPLE, AND THY FATHER’S HOUSE;

11 SO SHALL THE KING GREATLY DESIRE THY BEAUTY: FOR HE IS THY LORD; AND WORSHIP THOU HIM.” (Psalm 45:10-11)

Another Scripture
says:

“Though thy beginning was small, thy latter end should greatly increase.”(Job 8:7)
So, be contented with your marriage. It’s growing. It’s just a matter of time and you’ll see what God will do; to your utter amazement and joy!

(3) YOUR FRIENDS WHO ARE MARRIED AND SEEM TO HAVE BETTER HOMES
Don’t look back at friends who got married at the same time with you.
The Bible tells us that it’s stupid, foolish and completely unwise to compare ourselves with others (2 Corinthians 10:12). In marriage just as in Destiny, there’s no place for comparison or competition.
If those with whom you married at the same time now have grown children and you’re yet to have even one, don’t be moved. If some are cruising in private jets and you’re still struggling with your first car that’s now getting rickety, don’t feel left behind. Do you know why? It’s because we each have our distinctly unique journies and timing in life. Peninnah had children before Hannah but when God’s time for Hannah came, SHE OVERTOOK PENINNAH as a mother in Israel. Hannah’s Son, Prophet Samuel, became the highest personality in all Israel. Do you still need to be told that Samuel’s glory rubbed off very much on Hannah, his Mother? Today, we have Hannah’s prayer in the Bible but nothing like the prayer of Peninnah. We have no idea of what became of those children she was boasting with and breaking Hannah’s heart. So, the race is not to the swift….

Focus on your journey and stop looking back or around at your “marriage-mates”. Like your classmates at school, you and your “marriage-mates” are each different.

(4) THE SINFUL HABITS YOU LEFT BEHIND
Marriage ushered you into an estate of high honour in the society. Therefore, once you’re married, don’t go back to your former evil habits. Don’t be like dogs that return to their vomit.

If as a lady you had the habit of sleeping around to augment your monthly salary or small business income, run from that habit NOW! Don’t look back at it.
If as a man you used to watch Pornography or you used to visit Prostitutes in the past, avoid any of those like a plague.

What ever form of immorality you were involved in for money or to satisfy your lust, DON’T LOOK BACK AT IT. RUN FOR YOUR LIFE! RUN TO JESUS CHRIST; BELIEVE IN HIM AND HE WILL SET YOU FREE!

Finally, your marital journey is comparable to driving. When driving, you would endanger your life by looking back to see what’s going on at the back while you’re right behind the steering.
In your journey to your glorious marital destiny, by all means, AVOID LOOKING BACK! LOOK RIGHT AHEAD OF YOU; FOR THAT’S WHERE YOUR BLESSINGS ARE; AND NOT BEHIND YOU.

🍷🍗 TAKE-HOME LESSON: IT’S DANGEROUS LOOKING BACK WHILE “DRIVING YOUR MARRIAGE”. LOOKING BACK LEADS TO GHASTLY MARITAL ACCIDENTS.

💕❤️ TONIGHT’S ONE FLESH ASSIGNMENT IN THE BEDROOM
Reread today’s devotional piece and discuss it.

🍏🍎 MARRIAGE REVOLUTION CONTINUES!🍎🍏

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