Marriage is a perfect example of our walk with God. For love is not just a feeling, it is a choice and when things are failing in our marriage, we have to look at our hearts, because more times than not, it comes down to a heart issue, not a outward issue. Most issues in marriage start in our hearts, just the same with most issues with our relationship with Jesus Christ, it starts in our hearts.
How many times have you heard someone say I have fallen out of love with my spouse. People feel that love is just a feeling, but love is something more than a feeling it is a choice. We must make a choice that says no matter how I feel, I will love the person, no matter what has happened I will love them. It isn't about my feelings it is about theirs and by doing this we are making a choice to love and honor our marriage vows. And by honoring the very vow that we have taken, we honor God.
Just as in marriage it is a choice, our spiritual walk is a choice as well. Do you know that more people say I don't feel like doing it, or I don't have the desire to read or pray. We have to make a choice that says regardless of how I feel I will honor God. Our sin nature crops up and blocks our walk. It says I don't want to do it so therefor I must not have too. That is the devil using our flesh to control us. I have heard people say that if God desired me to want Him He would give me the desire. That is not true, because the desire is ours to choose. Just the same way it is in marriage, we may not feel like it, we must make the choice to do it. We are all about feelings, but God is all about choice. We must make the choice to walk with Him regardless of how we feel, we must chose that no matter what I will continue to move forward in my relationship with Him regardless of how I feel. It comes down to a choice, our choice.
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