31 Ways to Mess Up Your Marriage – #28 – Failure to Recognize the Enemy

31 Ways to Mess Up Your Marriage
#28 Failure to Recognize the Enemy

We’re going to take a turn for the last few posts in the 31 Ways to Mess Up Your Marriage series. The real enemy of marriages is the Enemy. So many – no, I would say – the majority of couples who are experiencing marital problems don’t really acknowledge nor deal with the fact that Satan is doing everything in his power to destroy their marriage. Couples come to us pointing their fingers at each other, accusations flying, when the culprit is not one another at all. It is the Devil himself. If he can cause another Christian marriage to tumble, he has gained a major victory.

Marriage as God intended it is to reflect his image. (Tweet this!) It is to be a picture of Christ and his Bride, the Church. Satan’s ultimate enemy, second only to God himself, is a godly marriage, home and family, a man and woman, loving each other, unconditionally through the years, raising a godly heritage. He targets the relationship that is supposed to be a covenant relationship, never to be broken, and brings in distractions and temptations that even the strongest find difficult to resist. That’s why we see so many pastors fall. That’s why the divorce rate, even in the church is basically the same as in secular society. We don’t acknowledge we are in a battle, a spiritual battle. We don’t recognize the enemy for who and what he is. If our marriages are going to survive, we must stand up and fight for them. (Tweet this!) And it is becoming more and more difficult in today’s society.

We’ll discuss more next week about how to deal with the Enemy, but there was a time my husband and I had to fight for our marriage. Emotionally, we didn’t really want to. Honestly, we didn’t know how to. But God’s word was stronger in reality to us than our own emotions, and we fought. It took us years. We lost some battles, but we won the war. This spring we will be married 53 years. We are more in love than ever. (Tweet this!) I’m here to testify … it’s worth the fight. “Keep a cool head. Stay alert. The Devil is poised to pounce, and would like nothing better than to catch you napping” (1 Peter 5:8).

Questions for my Readers

What has helped you learn to recognize the enemy’s attacks on your marriage?
How do you respond when you realize the enemy is trying to cause strife?
Why do you think so many marriage do not consider the influence the enemy is having on them?

 

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