Christian Marriage Advice And Tips: 3 Practical Tips To A Strong, God-Glorifying Marriage
Marriage is a wonderful thing. When married couples follow God's original plan and intention for marriage, they are able to do more for each other and most importantly for God who brought them together. Don't you just want your marriage to bring glory to God?
Still, there are many Christian couples who are not able to live out the kind of life they should be living. When we pattern our marriages after the world, we fail to recognize and realize what God plans to do with our unions to our respective spouses. We fall short of what God intended for us to see: families being birthed and raised in holiness and Godliness; married couples growing stronger in their love for each other; and God being glorified in the smallest and most basic unit of society, the family.
Do you want to see a stronger marriage that brings much glory to God? I invite you to take the journey with me and my wife. We can do it, and for starters here are some things we can do to have a strong, God-glorifying marriage.
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1) Commit to love God more than each other
We are commanded to love the Lord our God more than any other (see Matthew 22:37). Yes, husbands should love their wives more than any other person on earth and vice-versa, but the love they give to each other must never surpass the love they give to the Lord.
God must be number one in the life of a husband and a wife. God is the Lord. God is the Master. Sure, the husband might be considered the head of the marriage, but Christ is the head of the husband (see 1 Corinthians 11:3). Christ is the head of the church, the Lord of all who follow Him (Colossians 1:18). He must be above everything in the life of a married couple.
2) Let that love for and from God empower you to love each other
Because of that love for and submission to God, husbands and wives are more able to love each other. Ephesians 5:21 tells us that we should submit to God, then verses 22-31 tell us one of the most powerful ways how: by loving each other.
Honestly, no one has endless reserves of "love." Husbands and wives have a "love tank" that needs to be refilled in order for them to keep loving. God's love is able to fill that tank endlessly on a moment-by-moment and daily basis, and consistently receiving His love is key to love-driven marriages. (see John 13:34, 15:12)
3) Commit to pursue the will of God together
Lastly, husbands and wives should commit to doing the will of God together. The Lord brought them together for that purpose. It was God's will for married couples to marry each other, and it is His purpose that they work together for His glory (see Genesis 1:26-28).
Consider why He brought Eve to Adam (Genesis 2:18). Consider why He brought Rebekah to Isaac (see Genesis 24). Consider how Priscilla and Aquila honored God in their marriage (see Acts 18). Consider why Paul used marriage as an illustration of Christ's relationship to the church (see Ephesians 5:21-33).
More than just an earthly union
Friends, let us all see the eternal consequences of our choices in marriage. Sure, we won't be married to our spouses when we get to heaven (no one will be – see Matthew 22:30), but what we do with our spouses today will have an impact on the eternity we will live in someday. Let us please God in our marriages.
