Relationships

Our God is a very relational being. He walked with Adam in the cool of the day. He talked and ate with Abraham. He met Haggar in the desert, and of course, He made a way for us to have a relationship with Him through Jesus’ sacrifice. He not only wants a relationship with us, but there is also a relationship between Him, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit, known as the Trinity. The Godhead relationship is a model for all of humanity. The Trinity relationship is an example of how a relationship can be in perfect harmony and unity. The Trinity relationship is also spelled out to us as an example of how God has designed marriage. You see marriage was not designed to be husband and wife, but husband, wife, and God (another Trinity) Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord. Ephesians 5:22. For the human Trinity to work there must be voluntary submission to each other along with open and honest communication. Within the God-head there are no secrets, no power struggles, and no selfish ambition. Just imagine what your marriage trinity would look like if you modeled it after the heavenly Trinity

To be perfected in unity, in our marriage, and with the Lord, we must not be seeking what is best for me but rather, how are we going to glorify God through our relationship? God doesn’t want us to live out our relationships our way. He wants us to do it His way, to spare ourselves as much hurt and heartache as possible. The more God-like our relationships evolve, the closer we also get to God, and that is what He wants more than anything, a relationship with us. I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one – I in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me. John 17:22-23. Because our human nature is to take care of and protect ourselves, we have to fight that pull. We can fight that by being in God’s word every day, saturating our minds with Him. The Holy Spirit will convict you at your deepest level to motivate you in your relationship, to make it one that is glorifying to God and not to self.