I was leaving the Liberty basketball game today, and I was passing a classroom with a group of students who were just singing songs and worshiping our perfect God. I walked right in a joined with praising the Lord. How amazing is that! I couldn't be more thankful to be where I am at. So I will just give some of the people back home an example of some of the assignments I get to do here at Liberty. I absolutely love what I am blessed to be exposed to everyday at Liberty University. I just copied and pasted an assignment I had to do for my biblical worldview class. I had to address a biblical worldview on marriage.
The worldview application that I chose to talk about is marriage. I was deprived of a Christ-centered marriage with my family, and to start to learn now what a Christ-centered marriage is supposed to be like is really encouraging. A biblical worldview marriage is the closest thing we can come to on this Earth with Jesus Christ’s unfailing love towards us in our relationship with him. That sets a marriage to a pretty high standard as a follower of Christ. A worldly worldview explains marriage as just a feeling towards someone, and when that feeling wears off it is acceptable to end that marriage. A worldly marriage is selfish love. It is loving with the satisfaction of being loved. The world’s love is all about how we feel with our needs being met. It is centered around romance until that romance wears off. True love is the only thing that has eternal value, and that kind of love can only be found through Jesus Christ.
5 Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into him who is the Head, that is, Christ. 16 From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work. Ephesians 4:15-16 I think this is an amazing interpretation of a marriage done the way God has intended. Jesus Christ should be the head of the marriage, and when two people make a covenant to God through marriage they become one flesh. All the parts are joined together, and work together through the love of Christ. Marriage with a biblical worldview does not desensitize the commitment involved in marriage. Jesus Christ’s love for us is unconditional, and this should also be applied to a relationship empowered by God. Nothing we ever do will make God love us any less, and this type of faithfulness should be applied to a significant other. God’s love for us is completely selfless, and there is nothing we can do to pay him back for the unfailing love he has shown us. I pray that I can be just as faithful with the love I pour out to my spouse one day because that is Love.
One-third of Christian marriages still end in divorce, but this is because they never reach their potential. God’s dedication to love us continues even when we choose to deny his love he still seeks after us. I want this sort of dedication with my marriage, and who wouldn’t? Another thing to look at in marriage is the complete exposure that is involved in this sort of commitment. You will be exposed to everything when it comes to your spouse. You will see the worst sides of each other along with the best. I feel like we should take the same approach with our spouse as we do with God. There is nothing you can hide from God, and when you don’t address something in your life that is holding you back spiritually it can really deprive you of your spirituality. This should be handled the same way with your love, and if you want that love to be true love then you should address everything in the same fashion. Don’t let any sort of unaddressed feeling, situation, flaw, secret etc. no matter how bad it is, deprive you of a healthy relationship. Through God is the only way to experience true love. True love is eternal love, and that kind of love is always faithful through any kind of adversity life throws your way. A marriage with the foundation of God will grow more beautifully that you could ever imagine, and I can’t wait to experience a love empowered by the only true lover, Jesus Christ! And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. 1 Corinthians 13:13
Lord, your unfailing love is amazing. Thank you for showing me what true love is, and I pray right now that you will continue to mold me into a godly man. True love is eternal love Lord, and I know that is only experienced through you. I pray that true love will be reflected in every relationship I have even when sometimes it can become difficult. I pray that the love that you have overwhelmed me with will be the same overwhelming love that I can show to others. Lord prepare me to show selfless love, and I can't wait to have you lead my own family one day Lord. Thank you so much for the blessings you have poured into my life, and I want you to be glorified in everything I do. Thank you for your perfect love.
Amen
Blessings,
Matt
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