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I think there's no more precious thing for a marriage than our Lord's statement that "I will be with you always". My hope in marriage is not that I will be so righteous as I'll never have a marriage problem or that we'll create this system where we work with one another and it'll just be paradise.
The Presence of Sin Still Remains
It's just not going to happen because although the power of sin has been broken, the presence of sin still remains in us and it's going to rear its ugly head in our marriage. What's a biblical view of marriage? It's a flawed person married to a flawed person in a fallen world -- are you encouraged yet? -- but with a faithful God.
And so, it's the third Person in marriage that gives me hope and I don't think we talk enough about the presence and promises and power and grace of this ever-near, ever-active Redeemer. I mean, my Lord and His presence is working on my marriage even when I don't care to.
That's a beautiful thing and so, I want to lift up that the theology of God's presence with His people as being the central hope in marriage. It'll never be found in yourself. It'll never be found in your spouse because we will always fail one another, but Jesus never will fail.
