I Need More Strength

"'My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.' Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me." 2 Corinthians 12:9

Think of the movies that get great reviews....the hero is a rugged individual, dependent on no one, self-made and self sufficient.  It doesn't matter if they are male or female, the more independent the better.  Almost as if we admire the cold, independent individual.  Saul was that self-indulgent man, living only for himself.  God struck him blind on the road to Damascus. Do you pray this kind of experience for your spouse? In Saul's weakness he had an encounter with God.  His name was changed to Paul; Paul realized that he could do nothing through his own efforts. He had to depend totally on God for his strength.  TOTALLY DEPENDENT!!

Do you try to fix things in your marriage through your own efforts? Most likely you are only accomplishing one thing--pushing your spouse further and further away. At what point will it be that you are so weary and broken that you cry out to God for help?  It doesn't  have to be a tragedy that causes a dependence on God!!! Turning your marriage and your spouse to the Lord and His infinite strength as EARLY as possible is the BEST thing you can do for your marriage.  The sooner the better!!  The burden of saving your marriage doesn't have to be a burden that you carry. You can relax knowing that the outcome is in God's hands, and He can take care of the details.

We are powerless without being rooted and grounded in Christ. Apart from Him, we can do nothing. Your marriage and your standing will bear more fruit if you remain in Christ. The success of your marriage and your standing should be God's responsibility, not yours. It's through honoring your marriage vows, no matter what your spouse may have been doing, that shows your trust in God and His plan for your life.  And the fruit is what causes our marriages to stay on the right path. Obeying God is what causes our marriages to bring glory to Him. If we listen to Him even in the good times then hopefully those fights and those "bad" times will becomes less and less. 

Trusting and obeying God is what shows Him that we love Him.  Jesus showed His love for the Father by being obedient unto Him even unto death, a death on the cross for the salvation of man's sins. He was crying out to God, dripping blood, and said, "Not my will but yours!"  God is calling us...you and I...to be like Christ in our actions, especially towards our spouses. 

We should be dependent on God...alone.  He is our strength. When we are weary, God will give us strength. He is always there to help when we are in trouble; the problem is not about Him not being there....it's about us not accessing Him.  Most of the time, this is because we have no desire to hear what He has to say.  We must lean on the heavenly Father. We must trust and obey, and through weary times we can have the hope that only the Lord can provide.  Keep standing in good times and in bad.

Josh and Serena