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FIGHT: The Power of Fighting Together on the Same Team

If in a Christian marriage the two truly can become one, why does it seem so difficult to fight together on the same team? In Ecclesiastes chapter four King Solomon says, "Two are better than one" and "Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves" and finally "A cord of three strands is not easily broken."

Look at what happens in these verses. He makes his case first for a couple locking arms and standing together against anything and everything that the world throws at them. Then he takes it up to a whole new level with the "cord of three strands." This is the picture of a husband and a wife and God bound together in the marriage. The God of the universe. The God of all creation. The God who is everything cares about your marriage. He cares so much that He will put Himself right in the middle where He belongs - if you let Him.

What stands in the way of you fighting together with God? Is it something from the past that is still unresolved? Maybe it is an issue of broken trust or un-forgiveness. Whatever it is, your first step is to let God search your heart and reveal what needs to change. That can be a little bit scary, because when you open yourself up and completely let Him in, things are going to change. The control passes from your hands into His. I promise you this, God will never do anything that is not the very best for you, your spouse, and your marriage.

Now you can do things differently. Now you can stand together instead of apart. Now you can lock arms with God and take on the world. Your life will be better. Your spouse's life will be better. Your marriage? You cannot even imagine all that our amazingly good God will do.

Prayer: Ask God to fight with you and your spouse as you seek together the incredible marriage that He has for you.