[Wisdom of Solomon] Keys to a Lasting LoveSample

What’s Mine Is Yours

Imagine a couple getting married and during the vows, they say, “Everything I have is yours, but you can’t touch my car.” Then the other replies and says, “Everything I own is yours, but Friday nights are mine.” I know there would be gasps and eyes bigger than a bug’s eyes. In a lasting marriage, there is trust and sacrifice willingly given knowing that two people are becoming one. Solomon and his wife knew this.

Solomon was the richest man to ever live. He had horses, camels, gold, silver, land, and more things than any other king to ever live. He also was the wisest, besides Jesus, to ever walk this earth. This passage tells us of the vineyards Solomon owned and how much fruit came from them. Solomon’s wife tells him she is a vineyard and will give Solomon all she has.

This romanticism and intimacy ran deep even in the later years of their marriage. For some, the later years are when couples grow apart, but here we see the template of two lovers with deep affection who still do all they can to give each other more. The wife encourages Solomon to run away with her and be like a gazelle or a young stag on her mountains of spice.

Romance is lived in real life. I don’t want you to leave this devotional thinking, “Wow. I can never attain this level of romance or love in my marriage, so what’s the point?” Everything isn’t going to always be great. You will have a tiff, probably this week. You’re going to want something and then your spouse is going to be in the way of the drawer you need most. One of you will allow sinful desires to win and you will sin against one another. But if you seek to be wholehearted, if you will jealously protect and love each other deeply, if you lean on one another and trust God above all else, then most of the time you will be satisfied in your journey. Don’t work on intimacy in your marriage; rather, work on tenderness, knowing that intimacy will follow. It’s all built on the foundation of trust. Trust is the foundation upon which we lean on Jesus Christ. It’s the same for our marriages. We must trust that giving our all to this person is the best thing for our marriage. Ultimately, placing your trust in God, saying that you are walking by faith, and following His template for marriage brings lasting love. Give your all to God and then, out of the abundance you experience, give everything to your spouse.

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