Topic: COMMITMENT: BACKBONE OF SUCCESSFUL MARRIAGES (2)  By Pastor Faith Oyedepo Living Faith Church [ Winners Chapel] 23 June   2022

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COMMITMENT: BACKBONE OF SUCCESSFUL MARRIAGES (2)

Dear Reader,

Welcome to the concluding part of this teaching. In the last edition, I unveiled what commitment means and the demands thereof. This week, I will focus on ‘Two Levels Of Commitment As It Relates To Marriage’.

Commitment is first to God and man (your spouse). One precedes the other, and one is the foundation for the other. The Word says: For every house is builded by some man; but he that built all things is God (Hebrews 3:4). That means God is the ultimate builder, and without Him, all your building efforts will amount to nothing.  John 15:5 reiterates this truth: …For without me ye can do nothing.

The First Level of Commitment Is Commitment To God!

The Word says: I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service (Romans 12:1). That is, God wants you to commit yourself totally to Him, holding nothing back. So because all things belong to Him and are controlled by Him, you should offer yourself as a living sacrifice. The wonderful thing about this is that when you get committed to God, you will truly find your destiny, and it is then that He can give you His more abundant life (Matthew 10:39; John 10:10). He can do immeasurably more than you ask or imagine (Ephesians 3:20). But God wants a life that is totally yielded to Him.

The Second Level of Commitment Is Commitment to His/Her Spouse!

There are many dedicated Christians who are probably willing to accept God’s direction at any moment and surrender everything to Him to accomplish whatever He has chosen for them to accomplish. However, this seems to be the exception rather than the norm. They have accepted Christ as their Saviour but have not made Him their Lord. Show me a man who is genuinely committed to the Lord, and I will show you the one who will be committed to the success of his marriage and family. Any man or woman who is committed to God will, without difficulty, be committed to his or her spouse.

I remembered when my husband (then my fiancé) called me on 12th September 1976 and said, “Are you sure you can marry a man like me?”  He wrote a paper titled; “Sailing Under Sealed Orders.”  I love the closing remark he made in that write-up. He said, “Christ is either Lord of all or not Lord at all. Where He sends, I will go; what He says, I will do. Even if He asks me to renounce all, I will not even think twice before I do.” Then he asked me to sign if I agreed with the content. I saw his commitment to God and His Kingdom, and since I was also committed to God, I knew without any doubt that we were going in the same direction.

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That is why wherever God tells my husband to go today, I do not see myself as having a right to question God or even ask, “Why?” I signed up for it many years ago. If my husband whispers in my ears during a church service, saying we would be giving an offering to God, I will not feel bad because our commitment to God is so deep. I signed up for a total commitment to God in 1976.

On another occasion, as a young nursing mother, I came home with my entire salary and presented it to my husband. He said to me, “God spoke to me before you came in that we are to sow everything as a seed.”  To further complicated the matter, those were the days of scarcity of essential commodities in Nigeria; when they were being rationed. Also, one could have the money and not get the commodities to purchase. But with no money at all, what happens? The God of all-sufficiency was more than enough for us!  Instead of being in lack after sowing my entire salary, we became distributors to those around us by the supernatural supplies of God. Receive grace today for a life of commitment in your marriage.

However, the first step for commitment to God and your spouse is salvation. So, if you have not accepted Jesus as your Lord and Saviour, please say this prayer: Dear Lord, I come to You today. I am a sinner. Forgive me my sins.  Cleanse me with Your precious Blood. I accept You as my Lord and Saviour.  Now I know I am born again!

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