I think we can all recall playing with blocks as a kid. The goal was to make the biggest and best tower. Maybe it was the instability of the foundation or an unruly sibling or pet that caused that great tower to fall.
This past Sunday we spoke about the 5 building blocks of a Godly relationship and determined to build the thing Gods way. Let’s look at the five building-blocks again.
Spiritual, Social, Personal, Emotional, Physical
Building the house God’s way does not mean finding new blocks, it means putting the blocks in the correct order. There are some different applications for the different stages people are in. Lets take a look at them:
Application #1-You are married, you didn’t build the house the right way and in the right order. There may be some guilt, shame or even trauma in your marriage because of that. You can take that guilt, shame and trauma to God and give it to Him. We call that repentance. Confess that sin to Him. Turn from it, acknowledge where you went wrong and determine to do things HIS way moving forward. This will be such a freeing time as you are no longer holding on to this baggage.
Application #2-You are in a relationship or were in a relationship but are not yet married and you have built things out of order. You can apply the same principles from the first application of taking the sin to God, but you must now decide if you are willing to reset your relationship and build it the right way, or if you need to dissolve the relationship and pursue Jesus instead. This will be a tough decision, but doing things God’s way should be a non-negotiable item in your life.
Application #3-You are not in a relationship and you are left with a choice; God’s way or my way? If you have read your Bible, you know that it is filled with the history of what it looks like to live in opposition to God. Let me encourage you to live a life of being surrendered to Him. Determine to be a man or woman of God and determine to build the relationship HIS way.
We have one more week! This next Sunday we will wrap up our series by talking about the 6 Rules for fighting FOR your marriage. Don’t miss it, we can all be blessed and encouraged by this.