LISTEN, LEARN, AND LIVE
ALTHOUGH I’VE NEVER HEARD anyone actually ask the question, there are times when I know couples wonder, “What was God thinking when He brought the two of us together?”
Actually, I encourage spouses to pursue this line of thought. If they do, they might find some relief for their marital troubles. And I’m not kidding!
God says through Isaiah, “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways’, says the Lord. “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts” (55:8,9).
God’s thoughts and ways are different from yours, but He wants to make them accessible to you—for your benefit and His glory. So if you’re wondering, “What was God thinking?”, then I encourage you to labor to find out. God wants you to learn to think His thoughts after Him, to discover and to walk in His ways.
“But how do I do that?” you wonder.
It’s simple, really. You train yourself to listen to God in His Word, “Oh, that My people would listen to Me, that Israel would walk in My ways!” (Ps.81:13). That’s it! Listen, learn, and live. In the process, you just may understand what God was thinking when He brought you and your mate together! His ways are not our ways.
NOTE: This article was written by Family Life and Marriage Bible by Dennis and Barbara Rainey.
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