RIGHT FROM THE ONSET OF EVERY MARRIAGE, IT’S IMPORTANT that the two Spouses have enough maturity to give one another space and time to grow, transform and over time, attain their full stature as husband or wife.
One of the sorest regrets of many who have caved in to the thoughts that prompted them to divorce their Partner is that they didn’t have enough patience to give the marriage a chance.
Everything. Yes, practically everything, starts small and gradually transforms to become what they were designed to be. And that includes your Marriage.
The Scripture tells us that in the beginning, the Earth was shapeless, formless, draped in thick darkness and submerged in water. But God came on the scene and with His spoken Word transformed it into the beautiful planet that is today.
Every King, Queen, President, Emperor, etc, was born as an obscure infant child and gradually grew into adulthood; and with time, found their way to influence, power and greatness.
Saul of Tarsus got converted on his way to Damascus and was for three days stricken with mysterious blindness. An unknown disciple by name Ananias was sent by the Lord to lay hands on him to recover his sight. Saul gradually grew in the Spirit and became mightier than Ananias who laid hands on him for the restoration of his eyesight, as well as all the Apostles and Christian leaders of his time. This shows us the mighty power concealed in GROWTH.
God has programmed GROWTH, increase, changes, transformation and glorification into you, your spouse and your marriage. Don’t let the seemingly shabby appearance of the present stage of your marriage
make you take the destructive decision to discard your spouse and marriage and marry “a better person”. Don’t be deceived, there are no better persons out there.
I once paid an evening visit to one of my personal spiritual leaders who has already been called to glory. That night he shared with me how at a point in his ministerial career, he was an Assistant Pastor in a big Church. During the Annual Thanksgiving Service of a particular year, the congregation brought so much to worship the Lord in appreciation of His blessings on their lives. There was so much foodstuff: yams, rice, etc.
At the end of the service, after the congregation had dispersed, the Senior Pastor to whom he was the next in command called him into his office and gave him three yams as his share and told him: “Wait For Your Turn”. He said, “Yes, Sir”, took the three yams, covered them with his coat and headed home. Meanwhile, his wife was at home expecting so much. Upon arrival, he dropped the three yams. The Wife then asked where his portion of the blessings from the Thanksgiving Service was. He told her that the three yams was all he was given. The wife was angry and told him to return the three tubers. He took his time to pacify her. He told her they needed to be patient; after all, they were not serving man but God. That was earlier in his pastoral career.
As at the time he was sharing this story with me, he was still in the same Ministry but had climbed high on the ladder of leadership. He now headed an entire region of the Ministry as Regional Pastor. If he had left that Ministry in anger to start his own Church because he was given “only three yams” at the end of an Annual Thanksgiving Service, he would have missed God’s perfect will.
Some of the great components of Love include PATIENCE, LONG-SUFFERING, ENDURANCE and FORBEARANCE. You can’t last in Marriage nor enjoy a long lasting and romantic matrimony without these great qualities. Be patient with your Spouse and your Marriage. Beautiful changes and blessings are ahead of you.
A minister’s wife once asked her husband, “My Dear, for how long shall we live from hand to mouth?” She asked not because she was faithless but because of the harsh circumstances of the phase of their marriage at that time. But as I write, they’ve long left that phase. Life is in phases, so also is Marriage.
Cleave to each other firmly. With Love and Patience, you’ll move from one phase of glory to a higher one; until you’ll one day
celebrate your diamond marriage anniversary, if God wills.
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