We enjoy receiving honor.
In April of 2015, Sue, a long-time volunteer at the Azle Senior Center near Fort Worth, Texas, received special recognition for her services. She was justifiably proud. The center had recently undergone a change in leadership, and she had manned the helm full time—still in volunteer status—for months until a new director could be hired.
She wanted to tout her award around, to show it off to everyone she knew, so they could share in her glory.
Simpler things can be equally meaningful to us. Our insurance gives us a special discount for on-time payments. Our home receives the neighborhood Yard of the Month award. Our grandchildren gather to celebrate our 70th birthday. We are chosen by our peers as Teacher of the Year.
What’s the big one? What’s the top honor? Is it the Nobel, to receive recognition from a world-class organization? To be elected President, the most powerful office in the world? Or maybe to win the lottery and receive a $100 million payout?
What makes our brain buzz with the excitement of the possibility?
The Word gives us a pretty good pointer to aim us the correct direction.
Genesis 2:24 tells us how to place ourselves in a position to receive recognition:
“Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.”
For our insurance company to offer us the latest discounts, we have to first make our payments on time. Our home? There’s hours of back-breaking toil before our yard is considered for an award. How many diapers have we changed before our grandchildren are grown enough to want to give back unto us?
The day of the wedding is just the first step. We still have a long way to go.
Hebrews 13:4 gives us our jubilation celebration opportunity:
“Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.”
When we prove our marriage vows, we are lifted up before the world, and we deserve recognition. The couple holding hands at their 65th anniversary deserves higher honor than the most celebrated Nobel Prize winner. They hold a higher office than the President, and their faithfulness is worth more than the lottery’s highest payout.
On our wedding day, our brains should buzz with the possibility.
Our undefiled marriage union bestows upon us God’s ultimate honor.
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