HARD TIMES IN YOUR MARRIAGE
What does a fortress have to do with marriage? Everything!!!
A fortress is a fortified (secured) place, especially a large, permanent military stronghold that often includes a town.
In Psa.91:2 God is called our “fortress” or METSUDA
Psa. 91:2 “I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.”
Where do you go when things go wrong and times get hard in your marriage? Your mother? Sister? Best Friend? Co-worker?
Are there times when you have taken refuge in anything and everything but God?
What keeps you from EXPERIENCING God as your fortress?
Could it be your pride?
Do you seek shelter somewhere else because you get ANGRY with God for letting you down?
When we wait on God, we are telling him that we will put our trust in Him to do what is right for our lives.
Maybe you FEEL unworthy or guilty of asking God for his help.
The devil is a liar and he will lie to you in order to keep you from going to God.
Do you think that your marital situation is IMPOSSIBLE?
He loves those impossible issues because then you will know it was him who created a miracle.
No one else can get HIS glory!!!
God doesn’t want to just dwell with His people, He wants to dwell within His people.
He is someone that you can RUN to for safety and security.
The City of Refuge in the Old Testament was somewhere that a person could run to if they had accidently killed someone. This place was within a day’s journey since they were strategically placed at various places in Israel.
God is compared to an eagle or a great bird. This is where the RIGHTEOUS can find shelter.
In the same way Jesus is our fortress and our strength.
Fortress walls were about 25 feet high and 25 feet thick in the Old Testament. People would work outside the walls during the day and then at night they could come inside the walls protection.
In Matthew, Jesus expressed how a mother hen longs to gather her chicks under her wings.
“…how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!” Matt.23:37
Your life will be different if you let God shelter you under His wings.
As a couple, learn to take SHELTER behind those fortress walls.
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Hi Nancy, allow me to ask a question slightly off topic here. You mentioned going to a family member for refuge like my mother, sister or best friend… aside from seeking refuge in God I want to know how healthy for a marriage is it when one of us, in this case my husband has withdrawn completely from my family and best friends. He has no relationship with them and I am incredibly close with my family and friends, they are wonderful people. This all came about after problems in our marriage having to do lies & deception came out and of course my circle has been angry with him for this. He has shown little effort to win back their trust and this hurts me. We are trying to fix our marriage and get past the issues but I also need to have peace between my spouse and my family. What do you suggest?
Hi Sio! Thanks for your comment! My purpose was not to tell people to go to their family and friends at times of trouble. It was for them to go to God. I know you want to repair the breech between your husband and friends and family. Be patient because it is said that for every negative thing you do, it takes 20 good deeds before it is forgotten or forgiven. Don’t focus on what he is doing. Focus on God! It will happen as long as you don’t stop believing. Also, don’t keep nagging him about it. It will just discourage him.
Thank you Nancy. God bless
Hi Sio! You are welcomed! I am praying for restoration as I type this.