Day Thirteen Forty Days of Focus: Relationships

Ephesians 5:22-33 is the go-to passage in the Bible about marriage and what makes it work. Two thousand years later, we have volumes of data to support the truth of this passage. Men want to be respected. Women want to be loved. As important and clear as this passage of Scripture is on the topic of husband's and wive's roles in marriage, it also makes this bold statement, "This is a profound mystery—but I am talking about Christ and the church." There is more at stake with marriage beyond men and women and the families they create. Marriage is first and foremost about our relationship with God. If we don't get marriage right, how can we understand God? One of the reasons God made us to marry was so that we could understand the trinity, how to yield, how to be transparent and how to love deeply. Without marriage, our understanding of God would diminish greatly.