Courageous Humility Pt. 1Shembull

If we are married, the first place healing flows from our relationship with Christ, is in our marriage. Oh, that our marriages and relationships with our spouse would be healed in Jesus’s Name! It may seem odd we read of Jacob wrestling with the Lord in today’s context of healing in our relationships. I wondered myself. But what I sense the Lord speaking to our hearts today is that we need to ask ourselves if we are willing to get into the presence of God, even if it means we may have to sacrifice (girl-time, hobbies, plans, social media, etc.) and not let go of Him until we’ve received the blessing for our spouse’s sake.

As we read Hosea, we see God desires healing in our marriages even if the spouse continually goes astray, similar to those in relationship with Him.

Are we willing to circle our spouse in prayer, trusting the Lord will draw them closer to Himself? 

Are we willing to do this in parallel to receiving healing of our own opened wounds? Before?

Prayer: Father, You desire healing for our relationships. You desire healing in our marriages. Lord, where marriages are reflecting the love You have for Your bride in the way You intended {see Ephesians 5:25}, we praise you and thank You! In marriages where this is not yet the case, help us as spouses to know how to courageously “go after” our spouse, as Your Spirit leads. You know what our spouse needs to be drawn to You. Help us provide those things in our love towards them. You know their hearts and thoughts, help us to enter in, and allow us to connect with them where they are, without compromising Your Word and truth. Help us to courageously love through truth in a way that is a sweet aroma to their soul. Compel us to set aside all other affections and aspirations, to press into Your presence on our spouse’s behalf, until we receive the blessing of knowing he or she is now completely enamored by Your love for them, desiring to have You lead and guide them the rest of their days. Father, forgive us if we have not been a reflection of You, potentially adding to their distance from You. We trust these prayers have been prayed according to Your will. In the Name of Jesus Christ we pray, Amen.