Being united to your wife

Genesis 2:23-25

The man said,

“This is now bone of my bones
    and flesh of my flesh;
she shall be called ‘woman,’
    for she was taken out of man.”

That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh.

Adam and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame.

Matthew 19:4-6

“Haven’t you read,” he replied, “that at the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’ 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’?  So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”

Mark 10:6-8

“But at the beginning of creation God ‘made them male and female.’ ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two, but one flesh.

Ephesians 5:30-32

for we are members of his body.  “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.” This is a profound mystery—but I am talking about Christ and the church.

As a mother, I pray for the woman that my son will someday marry.  I pray that when that time comes, that I will encourage him to put his wife first and not expect that he will take my side over hers for anything.  Four times in the Bible, we are told that when a man and a woman get married, that the man is to leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.

The verse from Matthew is one that my father read at my wedding reception eight years ago.  My husband was very close to his parents when we got married and they struggled to let him go as he got married.  We are still close to them however he has really taken these verses to heart and we really try to focus on always being one.

Christ is the bride of the church.  Therefore, as the groom (the church), we are to leave our father and mother and become one with our wife.  We should be putting “our wife” first in all things.  So what are you doing to put your “wife” first?  Have you spent time today in conversation with Christ?  Do you make an effort to make Christ the most important part of your life?

I encourage you today to find ways to put Christ first.