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E V E R Y D A Y L I G H T
Daily readings to help you see Jesus' light in your life
by Selwyn Hughes
Accepting Your Partner
"... whoever accepts anyone I send accepts me ..." (v. 20)
-- For reading & meditation: John 13:12-20
The third principle for healing the brokenness that arises from
troubles in the home only works if the previous two are clearly
established: Accept your partner or your children, and don't just
endure them. Too difficult?
Look again at the verse at the top of this page, where we are instructed
to accept each other just as God accepts us. And remember that when we
supply the willingness, God supplies the power. There is quite a
difference, of course, between accepting your partner and enjoying him
or her; the former is a scriptural requirement, the latter is something
that is dependent on their response and behavior.
Marriage sometimes involves living with an irritating, infuriating, and
obnoxious person: how can we accept such a person, let alone enjoy him
or her? Acceptance does not mean that we have to enjoy everything our
partner does: it means rather that we see our partner as someone to whom
God wants us to minister, and we pursue that ministry whether we feel
like it or not.
Many Christians stumble over this. A lady who recently came through to
victory on this point said to me, "But how can I accept my husband, who
is nothing more than a loathsome, alcoholic pig?"
I said, "It's impossible as long as you are depending on your husband to
meet your need for security. Depend on God to meet that need, and then
see what happens." She did so, and found that when she no longer
depended on her husband to meet her security needs. she saw him in a
completely new light. Then she had no difficulty in accepting him.
PRAYER:
O God, this sounds too good to be true. Can life's difficulties be
resolved so easily? Give me the courage not to dismiss anything until
I've tried it, nor resist any principle that is in harmony with Your
Word. Amen.
FURTHER STUDY:
Eph. 5:21-33; 1:6; Rom. 15:7
1. How should the husband show his acceptance of his wife?
2. How should the wife show her acceptance of her husband?
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