The Best Marriage
A Man Worth Following
Day 4
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Today is the final day of The Best Marriage, and we’re wrapping up this track with a reminder of the ultimate purpose of marriage: to display God for the world to see.
The only person to carry the title of "hero" perfectly is Jesus, seeing how He ran into the chaos and messiness of our lives to save and sanctify us, laying His life down for our good and His glory. But, we see that inside marriage, there is a place for imperfect heroes to aim toward reaching the bar God set before us.
Summary
Jesus gave us these standards to aim for because He could reach these standards Himself. These responsibilities aren’t impossible to reach, and He isn’t waiting on the side, laughing every time you reach up and your hand barely brushes the tall bar above you. He reached these standards first, putting them in place for us to ultimately experience freedom and flourishing.
These standards are attainable, and though we may not be flawless in our execution, we must aim for the bar.
Jesus is worthy of our best efforts to use marriage to display Him.
In our mourning and our messiness, Jesus came running. He initiated. He did not wait. While we were sinners, Christ died for us. He didn’t need us to clean ourselves up first—He saw us at our worst and came with kindness, sacrificing everything He had for us. Not only did He come to rescue us, but to sanctify us—having cleansed us so He might present the Church to himself in splendor. Without spots or wrinkles. Holy and blameless. He initiated and sacrificed His life to protect us.
It’s a joy to follow a hero like that.
Before we get a relationship with anyone else right, we must get a relationship with God right. Our God isn’t trying to impress or hold you back; he’s setting you free.
We follow the man who risks his life to secure us and lead us on whatever mission we’ve been called to accomplish because we flourish under His leadership. Cities and countries will change when we see the family of God live His way, in the same way, it shifted everything for Ancient Rome. They saw our marriages and, in turn, saw Christ.
The world gets to see the beauty of Christ through Christian marriage, and through people pursuing singleness, God receives whole-hearted devotion.
What's next?
The single most important thing we can do in this life is point people to Jesus. God cares about our desires and takes joy in giving us blessings and providing for us, but ultimately, our lives are not about us. Our mission on this earth, single or married, is to tell people about Jesus and what He has done for us. Anything outside of that withers away.
Has marriage become your focus? How can you shift your priorities so that Jesus sits on top?
How has your understanding of marriage shifted since completing this track?
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