Many years ago ,Dr.Myles Monroe made a statement of truth which says ‘’Every time purpose is not known ,abuse is inevitable.’’ That is, if a man does not know the purpose of a child or wife, it results in child abuse or wife abuse as the case may be. It is possible to abuse what ever is put in your hands if you do not know why it was put in your hands.
We must first under stand the purpose of marriage which was instituted by God our father the creator of all things. The disagreements’ which lead to divorce in most cases is an abuse to the purpose of God ordained marriage.
Marriage is universal phenomenon in every society. It is for all class of people regardless of their race or religion. Marriage was solely God’s idea. It was God who saw the need for it and the thought of it came from His unfathomable wisdom.
Man didn’t suggest it to God, the man God created was busy with his assignment of “keep and dress the garden”, man was to multiply and fill the earth, rule and put it under control. He was also expected to keep and dress the garden and to name all the beast of the field and the birds of the air.
This was a great task and an enormous work, even at that man never complained. Let me say here, ASSIGNMENT comes before marriage. An unemployed man should not go into marriage without first of all settling the issue of employment. The scripture is very clear concerning this.
‘if anyone does not provide for his relatives and especially for his immediate family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever’1tim.5v8.
Man was busy with his assignment when God saw the need for him to have is own suitable companion. God saw that it was no longer good for man to be alone. He made a ‘help’ uniquely suitable for him. God made a complete match for the man He made.Gen.2v18-24.
Marriage is not a sign of wealth, it is not only to satisfy sexual desires, it is not a means of getting a cook or steward, it is not to fulfill traditional or cultural obligation. it is not a necessary evil. it was ordained by God for the purpose of enjoyment. Some have limited marriage as a means of bearing children; while others see it as a means for pleasure; and some view it as a hindrance to personal freedom. What we see in all these issues raised is that man does not know how to tap into the resources that marriage holds as God ordained it from the beginning. Most people have abandoned their homes, as it appears impossible to them, some choose to remain single as a means to avoid trouble as they believe that marriage comes with a lot of trouble. Many have dissolve their marital vows and sued for divorce as a means of running away from marriage which they believe can never work.
Every marriage has what it takes to make it work.
The social vices we see today, in this modern age is as a result of failures in marriages. The basis of every society is the family. The people we see in from all works of life are from various homes. Every decay in every society is first and foremost an attack on the family. That is why we must understand the purpose of marriage.
WHAT IS MARRIAGE?
Marriage is defined according to Cambridge International Dictionary of English as “a legally accepted relationship between a woman and a man in which they live as husband and wife or the official ceremony which result in this”. It is true but I will like to say that marriage is God’s premeditated and calculated divine institution designed to form a permanent union between one man and one woman as husband and wife. Gen.2v18-24.
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