I DO

In church right now we’re in a series about our unique, counter-cultural status as Christians called “Aliens: A Journey through First Peter.” We’re reading the five-chapter epistle together.

The latest message, from chapter 3, is about marriage – and aptly titled “I Do.” It focuses more on women, as the passage does – but all of it is still relevant to men and women.

In the message there are so many great nuggets about submission, honor, respect, understanding and personal spiritual growth: in a word, love. It really illustrates the need for God to be the author – and center – of romantic relationships. Loving someone in marriage God’s way is so different from what the world calls love. Yet it’s the only way for love to truly, completely last. Psalm 127: 1 says, “Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain. Unless the LORD watches over the city, the watchmen stand guard in vain.”

Marriage, and all the earth, is the Lord’s – and made for His glory. I pray God’s people give their marriages to Him - and that single followers of Christ do so long before we walk down the aisle. Have a listen (through this link or on iTunes, Podcasts > The Bridge DC > Aliens: I Do) to “I Do”…