2 Lives, 1 Flesh

Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. Genesis 2: 24

2 Lives, 1 Flesh

Has anyone else had a rough past few years? If like me, you have felt like the devil has been attacking you at every angle, and maybe he’s even found some new ones, we need to get our focus in the right direction and our priorities straight.

God should always be our number one priority. So how do we put that into action? First, are you in the word everyday? Are you praying consistently? Are we living holy lives? Wait, what?? Look I know I’m a good person but holy, well that’s a whole different story. Well, I have good and bad news for you. You are not a good person, nobody is. According to Paul in Romans 3:12, All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one. But I have the most wonderful news for all of you. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8.

Since our savior died for us, the very least we could do for him is attempt to live our lives as holy as possible. We should strive to imitate God so that we can be seen as different people by the world. Of course, we are different, we are children of the creator of the universe, and we are sons and daughters of a King. How cool is that?? So let’s start acting like the titles we have been given. If we make acting holy our first priority, all others will fall into place, and the thought of not behaving holy should put a reverential fear in all of us. Who wants to disappoint the Almighty? Not me, that’s for certain.

Ok, so let starting acting holy, ready, set, go! Well, you might be fine for the first five minutes of the day but what about after that? How am I supposed to act holy when I am surrounded by unholy people, living in a sinful and broken world? Let’s look to the Bible for God’s advice on the matter (his advice is always the best anyways). You have been called with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace. Ephesians 4:1-3. Ok so we can try to be a little more patient with people, and definitely learn some humility, peace is always a good thing. These are all practical things that we can apply to our daily lives to help our love for Christ shine a little brighter.

We can and should not only use these traits with co-workers, strangers, and friends but what about our spouses? Yes, I went there. What if we were more patient with our spouse? Ok, that’s fine but mine doesn’t clean up after himself, he chews with his mouth open, and some days I feel like his mother. Well last time I checked, none of us wives have been perfect, at least I know, I’m not. Nobody is perfect but that doesn’t mean that we don’t extend a loving attitude, patience, and peace to our spouse. They should be the ones who get the most of these Godly attributes right? So for this week, let us try to live holy, God-honoring lives, focusing on our spouses. Let’s show the world, or at least our community, what the difference is between a marriage with God as the rock and solid foundation, compared to those that are lacking God.

Please leave a comment below on some practical ways we can show Godly love to our spouses. Please be kind and gentle to others. You never know who is hurting or who may need some encouragement. And remember truth without love is brutality.