MANY WENT INTO MARRIAGE WITH THE ERRONEOUS THINKING THAT each Partner in the union is meant to contribute fifty percent. According to this thinking, the fifty percent from each Spouse would make up one hundred percent of resources for the union to run on. Buy may I surprise you? That’s not God’s thinking at all! God brings you into Marriage to invest one hundred percent of the resources HE has graciously endowed with you and which your covenant relationship with your Spouse requires.
The undoing of many marriages today isn’t attacks from Satan but the wrong attitude of one of the Spouses who is contributing but stops at fifty percent and yells at the other partner to bring in their own fifty percent, even though they know all too well that the economically weaker Partner isn’t refusing to contribute fully but just doesn’t have it. Such a hard attitude on the part of the economically stronger Spouse is displeasing to God, to say the least.
Hear what God’s Word says:
“Who says that you are better than anyone else? What do you have that you didn’t receive? And if you received it, then why are you bragging as if you didn’t receive it?” (1 Corinthians 4:7; CEB)
God hates the insensitivity that makes any one exhibit a sense of superiority and arrogance towards their Mate. The verse immediately above begins with a question. It says : “WHO SAYS THAT YOU’RE BETTER THAN ANYONE ELSE?” In the Amplified Bible, that question is rendered thus:
“FOR WHO REGARDS YOU AS SUPERIOR OR WHAT SETS YOU APART AS SPECIAL?” In Marriage, there must be humility and mutual respect. Never puff up your shoulders for any reason because such an attitude kills the natural oneness that should be in your marriage.
1 Corinthians 4:7 cited above goes on to ask: “WHAT DO YOU HAVE THAT YOU DIDN’T RECEIVE?” What’s the answer to this pointed question? It’s “NOTHING.” This is because all that we have and all that we are, we received from GOD ALMIGHTY! That verse(1 Corinthians 4:7) concludes by saying:
“AND IF YOU RECEIVED IT, THEN WHY ARE YOU BRAGGING AS IF YOU DIDN’T RECEIVE IT?”
Even if you don’t brag by words the bragging of a boastful attitude could be louder and even more injurious than verbal outbursts of pride; because action speaks louder than words.
God brings Spouses into marriage not to compete with each other but to COMPLEMENT AND COMPLETE EACH OTHER. Spouses are to serve as “Saviours” to one another and not to shame each other.
In marriage, the resources that God has given you are meant to be sown into the union generously and cheerfully. If you accepted to marry your Spouse, it also follows that you should cheerfully share with them fully and freely of your earthly goods.
Part of the Wedding vow says:
“WITH THIS RING, I THEE WED AND WILL SHARE WITH THEE MY WORLDLY GOODS”. Perhaps, you’ve forgotten the wedding vows you made. Above is a reminder. You promised with an oath before God and His people, the Church, that you would SHARE WITH YOUR MATE YOUR WORLDLY GOODS. So, why the change of heart?
Every happy marriage you see and admire thrives on free, wholehearted and sacrificial giving by the Spouses. To drive this point further for the sake of clarity, please hear this: there are many marriages TODAY where the wife is bringing in the larger bulk of the resources that keep the home going from month to month and from year to year; and she does it all with sheer joy because she has the UNDERSTANDING that God placed her in the union and channels the finance through her for use in the home. She NEVER discusses it with any soul dead or alive, because such a thought never crosses her mind. She loves her husband and sees what she has not as her’s but as “OURS”.
No marriage goes far without sowing and the sowing needn’t be equal. Each Partner should bring into the union as much as God has prospered them. This kind of living leads to harmony and joy in the home.
We cannot conclude without saying something about Spouses who take advantage of their Mate’s largeness of heart and generosity to keep back their own resources for other secret and private usages. Such a behaviour isn’t just wrong and wicked but loathsome and ungodly. If you’re the Spouse who’s doing this in your marriage, I strongly urge you to sincerely REPENT, lest God visits you in judgement. Remember what happened to Ananias and Sapphira who thought they could outsmart the Church. It turned out that they were first trying to outsmart God Himself and He killed them. Don’t try to outsmart your Spouse. God still kills!
As a Spouse, God wants you to sow continually into your union. God’s Word says:
“IN THE MORNING SOW THY SEED, AND IN THE EVENING WITHHOLD NOT THINE HAND”(Ecclesiastes 11: 6A)
As much as God enables you, sow into each other’s life. Sow major gifts as well simple ones. The important thing is is to give out of a heart of love. Don’t wait for your marriage anniversary or birthdays to give to your Mate. Let giving to each other be a frequent and constant feature of your marriage. It will strengthen your union beyond your imagination.
Finally, you need to also know that sowing in marriage is no different from sowing in Agriculture. When you sow, whatever the seed, the harvest never comes on same day. It takes a while. And that’s why our theme scripture for today exhorts us not to be weary of doing good, including SOWING. It assures us that IN DUE SEASON, WE SHALL REAP, IF WE DON’T FAINT. We must therefore watch against fainting. Never become tired of loving and giving to your Mate and sowing into your union. The harvest will come pouring in when the right time comes.
God bless you!
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🍷🍗 TAKE-HOME LESSON: JOYFULLY SHARE ALL YOUR EARTHLY BELONGINGS WITH YOUR MARRIAGE PARTNER!!!
KEEP NOTHING BACK FROM EACH OTHER!
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Sometime in the evening TODAY, buy two good quality Sweets. Just before bedtime, get into the bedroom, lock the door behind you.
Pray over the Sweets and then put one in each other’s mouth and lick. After licking the Sweet, stand up, embrace each other and commence a TEN MINUTES KISSING SESSION. After the Kissing Session, pray together and do what you think best.
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