How can couples traverse through financial problems?
In a recent article, a wife complains how financial problems are causing marriage challenges. The wife is reaching out for a solution. The author recommends devising a plan for the husband to find employment as well as attending counseling services for the couple. The author needs to provide advice that address the root cause of their financial debacle instead of the symptoms that appear on the surface.
If the husband and wife understood the original purpose of marriage, they would better understand how to overcome any financial problem that places a burden on their marriage.
The main purpose of marriage is to serve God in the area that God ordains the man to serve. According to Genesis 2:15-18, God placed Adam in the Garden of Eden to be a servant and a steward over the resources that God provides. He provided Adam with the instructions that he was to follow and then he provided Adam with a help meet. God provided Adam with a team player.
In this case, the wife is helping with the financial problem by contributing monetarily to the household. What probably frustrates the wife the most is that the roles should be reversed. If anyone should not be working it should be her. Society has taught her that if a man does not contribute money to the household he is less than a man.
She must now help the husband to find his purpose. When he finds his purpose, God will provide the necessary resources. The husband has also made an error in not following God’s instructions. This is the same problem that ended in Adam and Eve being driven out of the Garden of Eden. According to Malachi 3: 10-11 God has given instructions concerning finances and financial problems.
Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the Lord of hosts (Malichi 3:10-11 KJV).
Not only has God promised to bless the person who tithes, but He also said that when financial problems become prominent He will rebuke those problems.
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