AS WE SAW IN YESTERDAYS DEVOTIONAL piece, CONTENTMENT is one of the great pillars of marriage. And the first thing to be contented with in marriage is YOUR SPOUSE!
After your Spouse, then of course your home; no matter how lowly it may be.
When you’re contented with your Mate and your home, you’ll joyfully hold them close to your heart and enthusiastically BUILD THEM UP.
“Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.” (Proverbs 14:1)
In the verse above, we see two women: the one who is contented with her husband and her home and the one that’s discontented. The contented wife is wise, esteems her husband and her home and diligently builds them; while the other woman destroys hers because she doesn’t know the value or worth. Perhaps, because they’re less than she expected.
The wise woman in Proverbs 14:1, is representative of wise Spouses who see the “seed-treasures” in the future of their Mate and their home which others can’t see. They’re therefore willing to spend years together toiling and building each other up as well as their children and their home.
Contentment helps you believe in the potential of what God has given you and makes you happily hold it and nurse it to maturity and fruitfulness
Contentment was one of Apostle Paul’s keys to great success in life and ministry. Hear him:
“FOR I HAVE LEARNED, IN WHATEVER STATE, THEREWITH TO BE CONTENT.
I KNOW BOTH HOW TO BE ABASED, AND I KNOW HOW TO ABOUND: EVERYWHERE AND IN ALL THINGS I AM INSTRUCTED BOTH TO BE FULL AND TO BE HUNGRY, BOTH TO ABOUND AND TO SUFFER NEED.” (Phil. 4:11-12).
What’s the Apostle sharing with us in these verses? In these few verses, he grants us access into his personal world to see for ourselves how his life has been. If you thought that because he was the chiefest amongst the preachers of his day he lived in plenty all year round from decade to decade, you’re wrong. He lets us see that God has allowed him experience LEAN DAYS as well as FAT DAYS and through them all he has learnt to be content with whatever state God allowed in his life.
Like Paul, Spouses must also learn to be contented and happy at every stage in their marital journey.
Learn to rejoice and be thankful when the kitchen store is empty, knowing that after sometime, God will send His “Macedonian Angels” to supply all your needs according to His riches in glory.
And when the home overflows with all manner of wealth and riches, never give room to pride and haughtiness but see it as a divine opportunity to serve God by being a channel of His blessings to the outcasts, the destitutes and the downtrodden who are around you.
🍷🍗 TAKE-HOME LESSON: LET CONTENTMENT BE ONE OF YOUR MOTTOS IN MARRIAGE. AND USE YOUR BLESSINGS TO RELIEVE THE POOR WHO LIVE AROUND YOU.
💕❤️ TONIGHT’S ONE FLESH ASSIGNMENT IN THE BEDROOM
Reread today’s devotional piece and discuss it. How could your marriage be a blessing to those who are suffering around you?
🍏🍎 MARRIAGE REVOLUTION CONTINUES!🍎🍏
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