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WHAT’S YOUR MARRIAGE LIKE?
Did you know that God wants our marriages (and our families) to be like a cedar tree (Numbers 24:6)? As we learn more about the cedar tree, we understand why God likens our marriages to the cedar.
a) CEDARS ARE STRONG AND ROOTED
Cedars are strong and firmly rooted. In Psalm 80:10 (TLB) God likens His people to the “mighty” cedar trees. The word “mighty” is el in the Hebrew and means “strong,” a word that is also used of God. Psalm 92:12 (MLB) tells us that the “righteous . . . shall become mighty like the cedar of Lebanon.”
The Hebrew word for cedar is erez and means “from the tenacity of its roots.” I read that for every 10 feet of height above the ground, the roots of the cedar go down 30 feet under the ground. Amazingly, the tips of the roots have a substance that allows them to drill through the toughest rocks as they go down deep into the earth.
God wants our marriages to be rooted like this. He wants them to be strongly rooted in God’s principles and the covenant we made on our wedding day. He wants them to be strongly knitted together in commitment, faithfulness, morality, unity, and love. Nothing stopping them.
However, they don’t become strong automatically. We must proactively strengthen them. We must do something to build and strengthen our marriages each new day. With our words and our actions.
Are you doing something tangible to strengthen your marriage today?
More about our “cedar tree” marriages tomorrow.
Blessings from Nancy Campbell
