Marriage is the Missional Life
So this coming Friday I am getting married to the most beautiful woman in the world. We have been best friends since High School and have been dating for almost 3 years now. Our lives are going to completely change after this Friday as every decision that either of us make will no longer be affecting just ourselves but each other. We will have to work together on our finances, how we spend our time, and everything else that life consists of. It will be a complete transformation from the way that we have been living up until this point. It is really starting to hit me at this point in time how real this change in my life is going to be. Our cars are in both our names, the house is rented in both our names, our bank accounts are being merged, everything that has been done on my own is now being done together with Sarah.
At this point in time it is also hitting me the degree of how this marriage relationship parallels our relationship with Christ. The bible uses this illustration over and over again and although I had thought I understood what this meant and what the severity of this relationship is it has never really hit me as it is this week. When we come into a relationship with Christ, when we dedicate ourselves to Him, we are in fact becoming one with him. Every decision from that point in time on needs to be focused not just on ourselves but also on Christ. Our lives are no longer our own. Just as after Friday everything I do will need to be done in consideration of my wife, everything I do from the time I accepted Christ as my Savior needs to be done in accordance to His will. I need to be a new man “transformed in the renewing of my mind”. Everything that was important in my life before my relationship with Christ needs to be put aside and my priorities need to be built around the mission He has for my life. My upcoming marriage needs to be focused on how we can live our lives in accordance to the mission of Christ. Everything that we do needs to be based upon making disciples throughout the entire world in whatever capacity Christ calls us to. What I do for a living, who I hang out with, what I do with my free time, everything I do needs to be run through this question, How is this furthering the kingdom of God. I am a new man in Christ just as I will have a new life with my wife in 5 days. The impact of this should not be lost on any of us as we need to understand that our life in Christ is one that should be 100% committed to spreading the Gospel and that is all that our life should be based upon.
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