The Phaneroo Devotion: Family Series: The Wisdom To Cover Your Spouse
Apostle Grace Lubega
Genesis 3:11-12 (KJV): “And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat? And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.”
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In the account of man’s fall, Adam displayed a serious weakness, one that should have no place in a healthy marriage. When God asked him whether he had eaten of the forbidden fruit, he immediately shifted the blame to his wife and refused to take responsibility. In doing so, he uncovered her.
This same weakness is still seen in many homes today. There are husbands and wives who expose the weaknesses, failures, and shortcomings of their spouses to people outside the marriage, to individuals who are neither positioned to help nor interested in preserving what God has joined together. Rather than bringing healing, such exposure often invites further damage.
What many fail to understand is this: when you uncover your spouse, you uncover yourself; and when you cover your spouse, you cover yourself.
Let it not be said of you that you wash your dirty linen in public. Let your marriage not become a place where private matters are carelessly displayed before those who cannot rightly handle them.
Where there are issues that need to be addressed, and where there are matters in your spouse that require growth or change, let your first place of counsel be the Lord. Carry those burdens to God before you carry them to relatives, friends, or public spaces. Seek His wisdom and His intervention.
This does not mean ignoring problems or pretending that challenges do not exist. Rather, it means handling them with spiritual maturity, prayer, honor, and love. Hallelujah!
FURTHER STUDY: 1 Peter 4:8; 1 Corinthians 13:7
GOLDEN NUGGET: Where there are matters in your spouse that require growth or change, let your first place of counsel be the Lord. Carry those burdens to God before you carry them to relatives, friends, or public spaces. Seek His wisdom and His intervention.
PRAYER: Loving Father, I thank You for this Word. Thank You for the precious gift of marriage and for the beautiful revelation of Your love through it. As love is patient, so I am patient with my spouse. As love believes, bears, and endures all things, so it is with me. I choose to cover and not uncover, to protect and not expose, to preserve and not tear down. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
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