Have mercy on marriage
Have mercy on marriage ( E saanu Igbeyawo)
In one of
the preaching classes at the Seminary, a student asked: Can I preach a sermon
titled “ E saanu Igbeyawo” ( Have mercy on marriage). There were outbursts of laughter in the class to the
extent that the lecturer could not even know what to say at that moment. The
pastor was nicknamed esanu Igbeyawo until a day he was so vexed and told us
that if we had known who preached the message we would not have mocked him. And
we asked, Behold he was a respectable minister of God. This did not make sense to some of us but we
stopped calling him esaanu Igbeyawo.
Marriage is an ordinance. It was a
commandment from God, it is holy , a rite , a form of worship. In church, it is
called Holy matrimony and solemnization. This connotes that marriage is a form
of covenant, holy and ordained by God. There are many ordinances in the
scripture but marriage stood out and it deserves to be honored. The writer of Hebrews said marriage is honorable
and God will judge adulterers who treat it with contempt. Marriage is not mandatory,
not all people can marry because marriage is for all but not all have what it
takes to make a marriage work. The way men work in and out of marriage makes it
look so cheap and nothing special about it. Marriage deserves respect, honour and
sympathy,probably the reason the old preacher Preached the message “E saanu
Igbeyawo” meaning have mercy on marriage. Marriage a holy ordinance has
become what men trample on with their feet.
Standing before a holy God or in a court of law affirming your commitment to
marriage but only to treat marriage with contempt as if those words do not
count. God was there when you said that “ You will be faithful to the wife of
your youth” but presently you don’t care. Those words are covenanted and God
will hold it against you. God said in the book of Malachi that he hates
divorce, he told them things have been going bad for them because they have
forsaken the wife of their youth. Though it is allegorical but it also explain
why some husbands and wives are not prospering. You cannot treat marriage with
contempt and expect God’s favour.
Marriage
has become a curse to some people because they refuse to honour it as an
ordinance from God. When God works against a man, who will deliver him from
God? If you don’t want curse , you have to show mercy and be compassionate
about marriage. And it is better to stay away from marriage than to marry and
bring curse upon yourself. Not all people can marry, if you cannot forgive,
marriage is not for you
If you cannot exercise patience, marriage is not for you
If you cannot persevere marriage is not for you
If you keep record of wrongs marriage is not for you
If you cannot submit marriage is not for you
If you cannot love marriage is not for you
If you cannot control your anger marriage is not for you.
You can be happy and satisfied without marriage.
Without marriage you can fulfill purpose and destiny
Marriage is not an achievement but a commitment.
Marriage is not something you rush into but what you
patiently wait and prepare for.
If you do not have what it takes to marry, it is better to
stay alone and enjoy your life to the fullest.
Without marriage you will be complete and happy.
If you choose to marry, you must prepare your mind to honour
the sanctity and ordinance of marriage.
If you respect the sanctity, ordinance, and sacredness of
marriage. You have respected God and God will honour you too. Once again dear
married couples are you tired of that marriage, E saanu Igbeyawo ( Have mercy
on marriage) , work it out and God will help you.
Abolanle Oladipupo
©️ 2nd September,2022
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