NEVER REJOICE AT SPOUSES FAILURES
Have you ever received news about a person who had hurt and disappointed you, was now going through difficult times?
Was your attitude, “Well, that is just what they deserve.”
God’s agape (love) does not react like that!
The Apostle Paul exhorted the Corinth church for reacting in a sinful manner.
“…love…does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoiceth in the truth.”
Unrighteousness is the condition of not being right according to God’s standard. It also means to not being right with man, according to what man knows to be right which is determined by his conscience.
Never rejoice at your spouse’s failures, even if it is a result of their own foolishness.
Remember, we need to be a soft pillow for them to fall on.
Prov.24:17 “Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles”
Do you disregard what is right in God’s eyes concerning your spouse?
Do you change the boundaries because this is your spouse and you can do what you want?
In Mal.2:14-15, husbands are being exhorted for dealing treacherously with their wives.
Wives, you are not “off the hook.”
I know some wives who are extremely cruel to their spouses.
Many wives feel their husbands deserve punishment because of disrespect that is dished out to them by him.
In God’s kingdom, that is SIN!!
Agape does not rejoice at another’s downfall.
That is PRIDE and God hates PRIDE!!
CASE AND POINT: One of my children was always picking on their younger sibling. Every time that would happen, I was getting madder and madder. The punishment of my choice became more severe each time. One evening I had a dream. In this dream a duck turned and bit the face of this tiny cute “chickie.” I was very hurt for the tiny chick. As we walked out the door, I slammed the door on the duck. I could here the duck quacking loudly. I opened the door and let the duck loose. When I woke up I was very upset at what I had done in the dream. I realized what God was showing me. The punishment has to fit the crime. I was hurting someone smaller than me just like my older child was hurting the smaller child. I felt TERRIBLE!!
We need to rejoice in what is truth and right in God’s sight; not draw our own conclusions as to what our spouse deserves.
Isa.5:20 “Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
Thess.2:11-12 “…they should believe a lie…be damned who believe not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.”
NEVER say, “Well, they finally got what they deserve!!”
Because you might get what you deserve!!!
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