The War On Marriage

Marriages are at war! I’m not referencing a struggle between husband and wife, although those do exist. I’m not talking about the pressures of kids, jobs, school, etc. that can strain a marriage.
I’m not even referencing the onslaught of divorce that has led to the demise of 51 % of marriages. Instead, I want to open our eyes to something altogether more insidious.
I love the United States of America! As the super power, there is no other place I would rather live. The personal allowances that this government has given to its citizens are often enviable to those around the world, which makes me proud of the nation’s contributions.
However, as the political, social, and economic backdrop of the US has changed, so has the value system and some may even say the moral code of our society; especially those beliefs rooted in the premise of “In God We Trust.”  These societal shifts have also played a part in the scope and frame of marriage. Let me explain…
Marriage, in the eyes of the Christian, believer, saint, or whatever name you want to give the followers of Jesus Christ is a Holy union that is unto God first.
The parameters by which this union is outlined can be found in scriptures such as Mark 10:6-9, Gen. 2:22-24, and many others that denote that marriage is between a husband (man) and wife (woman).
This sacred and covenanted agreement of man and woman was, in its intent, meant to give God glory through:

1. Companionship for one another
2. Love and affection by which we can understand how Christ loves his followers (the church)
3. Reproduction (be fruitful and multiply)

These are tenants of God, of which are beyond contest.
On June 26, 2013, the US Government rendered the definition of marriage as “the union of two US citizens”. Not as a political comment, but worth outlining the elusive, yet effectively nuanced tactics of the enemy that has silenced the holy and covenantal elements of marriage and in effect is a right that can be granted by our country and not one that is granted, hallowed, and endorsed by our God.
Although the intention of state and federal government was to give equal right to all, the federal government has normalized marriage and placed it on the same plane as the right to protection, the right to vote, the right to own a home and other economic rights.  The definition of marriage has been changed, thus changing and challenging the sanctimony of marriage.
It makes it difficult to effectively fight for God’s right of marriage when the changing of the definition takes the focus off God and places it in man’s fallible and often sinful intellect.
Marriage has been under attack since the beginning of time and we must caution ourselves not to be overly logical and remain steadfast and unmovable in our prayers and examples of what marriage is. Let’s not become callous to the original intention of marriage and sit by idly while it is being diluted for purposes that are economic and social and not necessarily covenantal.
It is imperative that as a body of believers that we are on alert for cunning strategies that separate the people from God’s first institution. I challenge all of God’s people to be resolute in prayer and fasting that the leaders of our government will yield to the power of God, not the threat of losing votes.  Call upon the fire of the Holy Spirit to burn the iniquity out of the pillars in our communities and local, state, and federal government.