MAKE NO PROVISION FOR DIVORCE.

Do all within your power to avoid divorce.

For the LORD, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the LORD of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.” Malachi 2:16

God hates putting away! What God hates, you should hate too. What God has joined together, nothing should put asunder (Matthew 19:5-6; Mark 10:9).

When there is a challenge in your home, divorce should not be the first option that comes to mind. Rather, it is important to first identify and analyze the challenge. Then, make proposals and choose a possible solution. This way, most problems can be solved.

What you don’t confront you never conquer. Be committed to deal with problems, not walk away from them. If you sleep with problems, you’ll still wake up to meet them the next day!

Divorce can be likened to marital amputation. It causes a lot of grief, pain, and wound that only God can heal. Even when a wound is healed, the scar remains, and in most cases, for life. Make no plans for divorce. Remember, prevention is said to be better than cure.

When part of a man’s body is amputated, even when an artificial replacement is in place, the difference is still there. People who see such a man from afar off may not notice that a part of his body has been amputated, but he that is concerned cannot claim ignorance! See what the Word says:

..Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to wives: but from the beginning it was not so.” Matthew 19:8

And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband ..and let not the husband put away his wife.” I Corinthians 7:10-11

So, divorce was not part of God’s plan for marriage from the beginning. One of the greatest tragedies of our days is the many marriages that end up in divorce.

Divorce is always tragic and traumatic. The breakdown of the family unit is one of the greatest calamities our society faces today. The partners go through untold agonies, not to talk of the shattered lives of children who go through turmoil and devastation. God views husbands and wives as having been bound together in a permanent marriage relationship, and nothing should be allowed to put them asunder.

Probably you are reading this book and have been considering divorce, according to you, because there is no way out. Hold it! Who knows, this might be the reason God gave you the opportunity of reading this book. If only you accept and follow God’s master plan, your story will change for the better.

Or, are you already divorced? Do not allow a sense of condemnation to overwhelm and destroy your colorful future. God is a restorer. Do you know a miracle can still take place in your life and family to bring about a restoration? God is a restorer! Someone sent me this testimony sometime ago.

“I read your article in the newspaper. In fact, I have seen a lot of changes in my life, which prompted me to give this glorious testimony of the wonderful works of our Lord Jesus Christ.

I got married in 1977 as an unbeliever, before I joined the police force in the year 2000. But somehow, the marriage broke up as a result of so many things. But God rebuilt the marriage from the advice and instruction I got from your article.

I congratulate you for your effort in enlightening young men and women concerning their marital lives, so that their marriages will be peaceful and successful. – Mr. Udual, A. (Awka)

And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpillar, and the palmerworm …” Joel 2:25

God will give you a glorious testimony too!

The general principle is: no divorce. But if you are already divorced, God picks you up where you are. If you are re-married now, God recognized the marriage relationship you are in now as binding. What you did in the past is past, ask God for forgiveness and go on from there. How you got into this present marriage notwithstanding, it is the one God wants you to stay in now. You need to make it a biblical relationship.

Sometime ago, 1 read a research finding where it was stated that divorced people generally die younger than those who stay married. You shall not die young, rather, you shall fulfill the number of your days! It pays to stay away from divorce, and you are the one to benefit if you do.

Now, let me make it clear at this point that God is a God of a second chance. If you have to or have gone through divorce, do not live life with a sense of condemnation. Straighten things out with God and with men. Make sure that your present marital status is such that will not rob you of eternity with God. With this, you are set to make the most of life…

This text is an extract from the book “BUILDING A SUCCESSFUL FAMILY” written by Faith A. Oyedepo
We invite you to read the following article “WHY FAMILY SUCCESS?“.

PROVISION FOR DIVORCE. PROVISION FOR DIVORCE. PROVISION FOR DIVORCE. PROVISION FOR DIVORCE.

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