We are excited when we are about to get married. We show love and concern to our object of love at anytime. But when we eventually marry, what happens next. The main work begins after the wedding and when the minister pronounces us as husband and wife. This is where the fight begins. I am using fight because the devil, the enemy of our soul also begins to fight that marriage with the plan to collapse and destroy it. This is why we must fight back.
I do not believe that the person we married not long ago can suddenly become our arch enemy and we would not want to live with the person anymore. God want us to stay together and enjoy the marriage. Offences would come but we should not allow these offences to degenerate into hatred. When we claim to be children of God, then we have a responsibility to make the marriage work. This is because we are ambassadors for Christ. We need to represent our Maker and Father well on this earth.
Two totally different people living together will be challenging. We must decide that we would make our home heaven on earth. As a man, I have the responsibility to love my wife, respect her opinions and strive to make her happy and comfortable. I believe that most of the time, the success of the marriage depends on the man. If we can respect and honour our wives, they will also respect and honour us. As people of faith, we have to display our light for others to see. If we as Christians are unable to treat our wives or husbands with honour and respect, how are we going to impact our generation.
We as light of the world must shine in our marriages. Our prayers would not be answered if we treat our wives/husbands with disdain. The Bible is clear on this. Let us be intentional about how our partners feel in the marriage. The feelings and opinions of our wives are very important. If they feel unloved, insecure, unprotected and not cared for, no matter how active we are in the things of God, we have either failed or about to fail in the marriage.