Psalm 103.3-5, 10 (NIV)
3 who forgives all your sins
and heals all your diseases,
4 who redeems your life from the pit
and crowns you with love and compassion,
5 who satisfies your desires with good things
so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
10 he does not treat us as our sins deserve
or repay us according to our iniquities
The biblical view of marriage is not transactional, but covenantal. This is how God relates with us out of his covenant of love; that in our brokenness, shame, and rebellion, we are met by his forgiveness, healing, and redemption. When it says “your youth is renewed like the eagle’s,” it is contrasting how we feel when dealing with marriage issues—tired, worn out, and “aged.” In covenant relationship with the Lord, we are refreshed, renewed, for God does not treat us as our sins deserve! Therefore, just as the covenant of love is not transactional, our marriage relationships are also not to be transactional, but covenantal. May our marriages reflect the forgiveness, healing, and renewal that we have received in Christ.
Prayer: Lord Jesus, thank you for your covenant of love–for forgiving all of our sins and not treating us as our sins deserve. We pray that in our marriages, we will reflect your covenant of love, as we forgive and seek your healing for our spouses. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.
Let’s worship to the song “It is well with my soul,” by Matt Redman (click here).
-GK
