God is still saying that “I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye. Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee” (Psalm 32:8-9). God of heaven and earth, who created all things and you as the heir of His creation is interested in journey of life, most especially, in the marriage. He has promised to guild and lead us in every decision to take on earth. Having a bright future is the desire of everyone both believers and non-believers. It is said to realize the fact that very few achieve this desire for a bright future. A bright future is largely dependent on a happy marriage (Psalm 128:1-6). Marriage is one of the most sacred institutions in life. Marriage or the journey together of a man and a woman in the holy matrimony signals the family life.
As believers, our marriage must be directed and guided by God’s word so as to achieve the purpose for which God set it up. It is sad that the guiding scriptural principles on marriage are deliberately being ignored by many so-called Christians today resulting in incalculable spiritual loss, frustration, disappointment, unfaithfulness, sorrow, and at times separation for couples that were joined together in the church of the living God. Heaven is very sad at the sight of multitude of Christian going contrary to the will, purpose and plan of God in their choice of life partners. Life goals have been aborted, ministries cut short joy ruined and life destroyed as a result of disobedience to God’s command. Scores of young men and women, who should be on fire for God, groan under the painful consequence of wrong choice in marriage. This is why a clear teaching on marriage and family life is very important to enhance the health and spiritual wholeness of the church today. God is our creator. He holds the future in His hand; He knows our end from the beginning. It is therefore important to come into relationship with Him who holds the future. It is as we give lives to the Lord in genuine repentance and get born again that God begins to direct the affairs of our lives through His Spirit. “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new” (2 Corinthians 5:17). The carnal mind cannot fully comprehend the leading of God and consequently cannot obey the scriptural principles of marriage. The believer’s relationship with God has to do with his level of his consecration. This certainly will be of help in his desire for a bright future.It is a well-known fact that mortality in our present world has taken a download journey into the deep abyss. This downward trend in mortality in our society has affected and influenced the marriage institution and has also crept into the church so much that the church has become worldly and the so called believers today have taken to the perilous course in searching and securing life partners. Some of these practices that lead to a bleak future include: The way of boy/girlfriend relationship culminating into marriage.Attraction to physical attributes – beauty, complex, height and size etc.Educational qualifications, permissive methods, reliance on godfather for match making, and instruction without inspiration.Wrong choice in marriage is always costly and greatly consequential, sometimes irredeemable.
