Who doesn’t love the idea of a normal girl meeting Prince Charming (or Prince William)? If we aren’t watching royal weddings, we’re attending the weddings of friends and family or dreaming of our own. It’s just in our DNA.
Ever wondered why?
Isaiah 54:5a: “For your Maker is your husband—the LORD Almighty is his name!”
Ever wondered why?
Isaiah 54:5a: “For your Maker is your husband—the LORD Almighty is his name!”
Hosea 2:19: “I will make you my wife forever, showing you righteousness and justice, unfailing love and compassion.”
2 Corinthians 11:2: “I am jealous over you with God's own jealousy. For I have betrothed you to Christ to present you to Him like a faithful bride to her one husband.”
Ezekiel 16:8: “‘Later I passed by, and when I looked at you and saw that you were old enough for love, I spread the corner of my garment over you and covered your nakedness (sin). I gave you my solemn oath and entered into a covenant with you,’ declares the Sovereign LORD,’ and you became mine.”
We were created to be the Bride of Christ! Woven into the fabric of our being is the desire to be loved and to be claimed.
It is fun to imagine the process Kate underwent in order to be ready for her big day. Dress fittings, rehearsal, hair, make-up, manicure, and on and on…! How does one prepare herself to become a princess?
Similarly, we have a big responsibility! How should we prepare to become Christ’s bride? First, of course, we must have our sins covered with His “garment”—the blood of Jesus. (Not even Princess Kate’s dress can compete with that!) Still, what other things should we do to get ready? Romans 12:2 challenges us to step away from the pattern of this world—we are preparing to be royalty after all—and be transformed by washing our mind with God’s Word.
Why? So that we can rejoice and be glad and give Him glory. (Revelation 19:7a)
We were created to be the Bride of Christ! Woven into the fabric of our being is the desire to be loved and to be claimed.
It is fun to imagine the process Kate underwent in order to be ready for her big day. Dress fittings, rehearsal, hair, make-up, manicure, and on and on…! How does one prepare herself to become a princess?
Similarly, we have a big responsibility! How should we prepare to become Christ’s bride? First, of course, we must have our sins covered with His “garment”—the blood of Jesus. (Not even Princess Kate’s dress can compete with that!) Still, what other things should we do to get ready? Romans 12:2 challenges us to step away from the pattern of this world—we are preparing to be royalty after all—and be transformed by washing our mind with God’s Word.
Why? So that we can rejoice and be glad and give Him glory. (Revelation 19:7a)
“For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready.”
(Revelation 19:7b)
