PERFECTLY JOINED TOGETHER

IN THE BEGINNING...THE WORD
DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY, AUGUST 9, 2012

PERFECTLY JOINED TOGETHER

And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.  What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.  Mark 10:8,9

Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you;  but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.  I Corinthians 1:10

Marriage is a mystery.  How does the Holy Spirit join a man and woman together in one spirit?  It is as if their union, their marriage, has created a whole new person in the earth.  "They are no more twain (two), but one flesh" (Mark 10:8).  This union of love, reverence, and intimacy has such wonderful ability to create new and good things.  Yes, children!  And many other good works shall be created in the marriage union.

  It is God's design that in the environment of love, reverence, and intimacy new creation will take place. When we enter into union with God there is a new man  that is created.   We are no longer to walk outside of the new man, independent, separate, carnal, as if we are not joined to God.  But we are to walk in this new man...which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness" (Ephesians 4:24):

 "There is one body, one Spirit, even as you are called in one hope of your calling. One Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all , and in you all"  (Ephesians 4:4-6).

Today, let us thank God for the joining together!!