A lifelong Commitment

Monday, January 5th, 2026

4:22 am

Good morning! Today I am in Matthew 5:31-37. Jesus is telling the people around Him that the law says that a man can divorce his wife by just giving her a written notice of divorce, but He tells them that a man who divorces his wife, unless she has been unfaithful, causes her to commit adultery. And anyone who marries her is also committing adultery.

Jesus did not condone divorce. He sees marriage as a lifelong commitment, not just something to take lightly. Back then divorce was very common, and is even more common today. People would just divorce to satisfy lustful desires for another person. Or just not wanting to deal with that person anymore. Jesus said that divorce is not permissible except for unfaithfulness, but He did not mean that divorce should automatically occur. If a person who has committed adultery and has confessed and repented of the act, they should make every effort to forgive, reconcile, and restore their relationship. We are always to look for ways to restore the marriage relationship rather than for excuses to leave it. That does not mean it will be easy, but God wants us to take our marriages seriously and do our best to make them work. Just like God forgives us for the things we do, we too must forgive, especially our spouses. In our lives God is to be top priority in our lives, then it is our spouses, not our children, parents, or whatever, our spouses come after God, and above everything else. God tells us in Genesis 2:24 that a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one. That is all the way back at the beginning of the Bible, showing us just how important God considers marriage.

What are you doing to strengthen your marriage? After God, our spouses are the next priority in our lives. We should be doing what we can to strengthen our bond with our spouses. No that is not easy. We are two different people, with two different personalities and experiences, but we must remember why we got married in the first place. God can help us strengthen our marriage, He wants to. He wants to be right in the center of our marriages, just like He wants to be in the center of our lives. When we start putting Him in the center of our marriage, He will help our relationship grow stronger. He will show us how to truly love our spouses. He wants to help in all areas of our lives. Don't turn to the world to show you how to make a marriage work, because the world does not want your marriage to work. The enemy will do whatever he can to destroy our marriages and our families, because we are stronger together. When we grow together with God, the enemy cannot stay there. Allow God at the center of your marriage. He will fight for you.