Your word for today: 'Lessons In Virtue: Nakedness'

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. And they were both naked, the man and his wife and were not ashamed (Genesis 2:24-25)

The oneness of flesh that follows a man leaving his father and mother to join his wife appoints a kind of ‘nakedness’. It means that you do not get into marriage with your guard up and with walls several storys high around your heart.

There are many people who have gotten into marriage with this attitude and it broke them and their marriages.

It is common practice for a man to be secretive about his life, his finances or his past and the same is with women. There is no ‘nakedness’ in these marriages but secret after secret because of the absence of trust. This ought not to be so. Secrets can destroy marriages.

Every married couple should know that it is maturity to own the weakness (past or present) of your spouse and stand with them through it. Believe in your spouse, don’t judge them, pray for them. You were not called to change them, they are God’s business to fix, after all, He is the God of all flesh.

There is a kind of nakedness that caused Adam and Eve to hide from the sight of God because they were ashamed (Genesis 3:10). However, this particular nakedness in our theme scripture that is explained in the context of husband and wife ought not to bring shame for they were naked and not ashamed. It is the true foundation of trust and love. Hallelujah!

FURTHER STUDY: Ephesians 5:22, Proverbs 31:11-12

GOLDEN NUGGET:

Every married couple should know that it is maturity to own the weakness (past or present) of your spouse and standing with them through it. Believe in your spouse, don’t judge them, pray for them. You were not called to change them, they are God’s business to fix, after all, He is the God of all flesh.

PRAYER: Father, I thank You for this wisdom; it works in my marriage to build it into one of trust and genuine love. The heart of my spouse safely trusts in me and he or she has no need of spoil. I can never take secrets entrusted to me and use them to destroy. My marriage is founded on love and mutual respect. It will always stand on this foundation. In Jesus’ name. Amen.