“And He answered and said, “Have you not read that He who created them from the beginning made them male and female, and said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, no person is to separate” (Matthew 19:4-6).
God intends that we stay in those relationships He has formed. There is more than the earthly circumstances here. Our Lord is teaching us how to live. From the beginning, the Lord has established order for family and society. We are to treat relationships as a uniting together. When we harm a relationship, we harm ourselves. No one is to separate what God has joined together.
These simple words go beyond the marriage relationship. We are to seek unity in every relationship, marriage, family or friendship. We have heard that our Lord asked the Father to make us one even as the Son and the Father are One. We are called to live in relationships. Our Lord will guide us, if we are willing, into understanding more fully what this means. Do not be led by this world, but by the Creator of all worlds.
Lord Jesus, You know that we know how to play games, pretending to be obedient, when really, we are being selfish. Lead me out of myself to recognize that every relationship that You create is sacred. Sin does happen and things do become impossible, but never let the impossibility be because of my actions. Guide me to learn how to bear all things bearable for the sake of Your kingdom. Lead me in the upward call of righteousness. Amen.
Unity, even union, in the Lord. Thanks for this devotion, today’s the first one.