HAVE YOU NOT READ?
(A way to offer help to the confused solution seeking Couples)
Contents:
(A way to offer help to the confused solution seeking Couples)
Contents:
- Jesus asking the confused solution seeking leaders of Israel; “HAVE YE NOT READ?”.
- God's help or solution to our various marital problems which is READING.
- What an irony!
- Our generation is fast losing the reading culture.
Matt. 19:3
The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause? And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause? And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
In answering the questions of the Pharisees in relation to
solving the problems that could lead to divorce in marriage, Jesus asked
them; “HAVE YE NOT READ?” What a way to offer help to the confused
solution seeking leaders of Israel.
God has no help, neither is there any solution anywhere to
our various marital problems aside READING, and not just reading of any
book but books that are intentional and by tested authors, these are
very key in solving marital problems.
I have organized as well as have been invited to several
marriage seminars, couples programs, conferences and church meetings
where I ask those married to stand, then I ask for those married up to
ten years to indicate, sometimes you have about thirty couples, then I
ask for those who have read up to 10 books in those 10 years to sit
down, surprisingly, in most of these cases, not one. Then I ask for
those who have read up to 5 books and maybe 1 person and finally we
maybe have 3 couples by the time I come down to those who have read up
to 3 books in 10 years.
What an irony. 3 books in ten years?
Can you see why our generation is failing in keeping a happy, healthy
and gratifying marriage? Going by what Jesus said, about reading being
the solution to marital problems and yet our attitude to it, would it
not be reason enough for us to be witnessing what we see today?
Can you believe that some of us have been saved now over 10
years but have never been able to read up to 5 books in our entire 10
years of being saved? What a salvation.
In the book of Daniel 9:2, Daniel said *“...I UNDERSTOOD BY
BOOKS... ”.*Like Daniel, there are several issues of life and marriage
that you will never understand till you also read. God takes pleasure to
hide life’s secrets, and only those who search them, discover and enjoy
the hidden glory.
Prov. 25:2
*It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of Kings is to search out a matter.*
*It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of Kings is to search out a matter.*
If you refuse to read, the things you will never know or
understand will be countless, things like; Why your marriage is the way
it is, why your wife is behaving like she is, why your husband cannot
love you like other husbands, etc. Believe me, until you start reading,
your marriage will do nothing but cooperate with life to be reading you
instead, but if you start reading, watch it, your profiting will become
evident, it won't be long before you start enjoying a leading marriage,
and why? Because ALL READERS ARE NATURAL LEADERS.
Benefits of reading are numerous, key among them are the
fact that (a) It exercises and engages our brain/imagination (b) It
improves our concentration, taking our minds off our troubles. (c) It
informs us about the world around us. (d) Improves the quality of our
conversation and communication skills. (e) Develop our imagination and
stimulate our creativity. (f) Helps couples to spend quality time
together. (g) Achieve better in life. (h) It helps you to tap into the
mind of creative thinkers and the lifestyle and testimony of godly
leaders. (i) It helps improve your health as well as enable you solve
problems better; the list is endless
Our generation is fast losing the reading culture, we are
an audio visual generation, we would rather watch than read and sadly,
not even life transforming videos but just entertainment and gossips
While it is not bad to watch these, videos must NEVER
replace the values of reading. It’s time we start reading, couples and
those in courtship who wish to have better relationships must BEGIN TO
READ, and reading the right books. *COUPLES MUST READ TOGETHER,*And if
you don’t READ, be sure your life and marriage will remain RED, so
INTENTIONALLY make out time to READ, Because *HE WHO DOES NOT READ, HAVE
NO ADVANTAGE OVER HE WHO CANNOT READ!*
@SMS With PRM #Marriage-Matics
@SMS With PRM #Marriage-Matics
REFLECTIONS
1. In the last 5 years, how many books have you read? How would you rate yourself, Good, Poor or Bad?
2. Is it true that reading can help solve most of our relationship and marriage problems? State 5 ways that you think reading can be used to achieve this.
1. In the last 5 years, how many books have you read? How would you rate yourself, Good, Poor or Bad?
2. Is it true that reading can help solve most of our relationship and marriage problems? State 5 ways that you think reading can be used to achieve this.
No comments:
Post a Comment