continuation from previous post....
A husband must love his wife just as Christ loved and cared for His bride. How? Just like how Christ loves himself. How did Christ love himself? He did it by living to fulfill the Father God's purpose. When He live to fulfill the very purpose of God in His life then all will fall in it's place just like in Eph 4:16
When he receives direction(Your very purpose) and I partner with him to do what is required then it helps the us (whole body) grow and be full of love.
Did Christ love Himself? Yes!, because He carried what the Father carried. He was and is part of the Trinity. He is the exact representation of the Father. The church is His body, part of Him. He can never hate it because it should reflect Him in His image and likeness.
As an individual: Christ in me means it's only Him. Carrying and living His very life. Can I hate myself? No! because it's no longer me that live but Him. I'm His exact image and likeness!
As a couple we should be finding and we are able to find the Christ that's in each other as individually we have carried on the truth in love that's why we can grow to be more and more like Him. This is how the two becomes one just as He is in You. Such ONENESS!!
No wonder the church and Him is one. He's the head and we are the body! The bride partners with Christ to fulfill the very purpose of God(direction).
Your bride manifest Your very heartbeat and pulse in her that it can be seen. Likewise he's carrying You in his life. When we unite then I'm also to reflect what's in his heart and desire because it's of Yours!I'm there to partner with him to finish the very purpose that You've given to him. Oneness in it, that it reflects You in every area of our lives.
Just like the church(body) is needed to carry and be the message. Marriage is needed to reflect that the above can be done and happen in the church. As marriage is the entity that involves the 2 of us. It's the very first model of Your love and manifestation of Your purpose.
You're so detailed and thorough in Your planning! You're truly a strategist! You leave me in awe!
You have so much love for us, Your church Your body.
Can we ever reject our partner? No because our partner is Your representation and part of Your body. Rejecting him would mean I'm rejecting You! Now I understand that to choose to marry someone in destiny is of a higher standard and calling than to simply choose anyone. Because it reflects that we both are committed to bear Your very standard in our lives!! As that is the standard You bore for Your church.
All those times of talking about bearing Your standard has led me to all these. Now I know what You mean when You talk about standard ;p
