March 11, 2024
Jesus Teaches About Marriage and Divorce, Part 1
Matthew 19: 1-6
When Jesus had finished saying these things, he left Galilee and went into the region of Judea to the other side of the Jordan. 2 Large crowds followed him, and he healed them there.
3 Some Pharisees came to him to test him. They asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any and every reason?”
4 “Haven’t you read,” he replied, “that at the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’[a] 5 and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’[b]? 6 So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”
REFLECTION:
Jesus is addressing marriage. But two enemies have joined forces to discredit Jesus, by challenging the principles God has established for marriage. In these passages I see that Jesus directed the opposition back to God’s original intention.
APPLICATION:
When the enemy within me or outside of me tries to trap me with incorrect thoughts about God’s plan, I can direct the enemy back to God’s original intention for the situation at hand.
PRAYER:
Lord help me to see your original plan for my life when the enemy tries to show me a way out of trusting you and living as you have planned. Amen