Thirsty Thursday: Revelation 3:8

 

Do you ever feel like your marriage could be compared to the game of Jenga?

I had a woman recently share with me her story of marriage. She told me she was fighting so hard to keep it together but there was so much outside pull, she wasn’t sure if it would be able to withstand.

Has that ever been you? Possibly, you have woken up to that very struggle today? I could see straight to the heart of this woman. She adores Jesus, her husband, as well as the family they have created together. But, friend, her heart is deeply wounded. I know that feeling all too well. When the light seems so far off.

This verse was placed on my heart this morning for any weary wife in need of this replenishing truth into the drought of her heart and soul.

The Jenga tower has to be built one block at a time just as our marriages. We don’t walk into marriage perfectly constructed. We have to build day by day, hour by hour. In Jenga, you must set each layer of blocks a certain way. If you don’t, the whole game becomes destructed. If we aren’t properly building our marriages in the way they were designed, we leave room for mass destruction. When that happens, our tower we have built thus far can experience downfall back to square one where we must begin reconstructing.

Once the tower is built, players begin taking turns seeing how many blocks they can get from it without being the one to cause the downfall. Our marriage towers are never complete as there is always room for growth. However, we can make progress in our marriages that demonstrate where we have conquered great struggle. Those experiences make the building process invaluable and fragile to our heart.

This woman in particular has had her tower blasted a few times to the point of crumbles. She has also seen immense growth as they have worked to rebuild their marriage tower. Whether it be a boss at work, a co-worker, a close friend, or a family member, she feels the pull against their progress. She sees the unity they were experiencing a few months is diminishing some as they are being pulled in different directions.

She prays. She cries. She pleads for God’s mercy. And she has even prayed for the ones pulling at their tower. She’s fully aware most people especially ones closest to her heart aren’t pulling blocks in her marriage to cause a downfall. They may not be aware at all. However, sometimes it takes one block to shake the whole foundation.

She now questions all the work, all the prayers, all the hopes within the progress. She questions if God sees her. Did she make the wrong decision? More importantly, is there anything left to hope in? After all, she says she can’t control the actions of others. Her marriage flaws in and of themselves are hard enough work.

So as my heart yearns for her as well as these other wives feeling all alone in their journey, I want you to know what God says beyond all else.

“I know your deeds. See, I have placed before you an open door that no on can shut. I know that you have little strength, yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name.”
Revelation 3:8

He sees your tower, even when it seems to be in crumbles. He sees your passionate works and heart for your marriage to walk in alignment with His design. He sees, friend. Hold tight and find joy in knowing there is an open door waiting for you that no man will have the ability to shut. Trust God as others seem to pull blocks from your tower.

There’s a moment coming where you won’t mind the pulling, because your marriage will be so entrusted to Jesus, others won’t have the ability get the block even if they try. He knows you have little strength, yet He sees you are keeping His word and not denying His name.

Here’s to building with a purpose in the name of Jesus.