Lately I have been standing on some truth that gives me assurance that one of these days my husband will wake up and come to his senses.
You might not agree with some of this theology, but here it is;
My husband asked Jesus to save him 19 years ago. He was baptised at the time.
That was a long time ago, but I believe that God started a work in him at that time, before that actually, and that this is a done deal.
For example:
The Bible says that no one can come to God unless God calls them.
(H has come to God, so I presume he was drawn by God, yes?)
The Bible says that Jesus saves whoever the Fahter gives to him, and that no one can snatch him away from Him.
That not one will be lost.
That Bible says that in the same way that God can bring a dead person back to life, Jesus can give spiritual life to whomever he wants.
We know that everyone must be reborn, and I see spiritual birth as a process, the same as physical birth.
It takes time, maybe times of labouring and times of resting.
I see my husband experiencing suffering on account of his sin and separation from God. Eventually he is bound to get tired of all the trouble he has got himself into and decide to give in and try things Gods way.
He has so far tried about everything you can think of, and nothing has given him peace or success. It has all just left him worse off.
At the moment his life is pretty dismal. He is pretty much alone, broke, stranded and feeling guilty and miserable.
For a long time he has been sitting on the fence- trying to persuade himself that he is not such a bad guy after all, but in the past year, since he left, all the things he has done ... well... he can't really say that anymore. He has acted despicably toward us, and he knows it.
I think he is starting to realise that he is a mess, and that he needs help from God for things to change.
I think he is finally starting to see that he deserves to be punished for his actions.
Now maybe he will start to understand grace and forgiveness, the message of the cross, of redemption.
In Isaiah, God was getting pretty tired of Isreals sinning, but he said that he would save them anyway, in spite of themselves.
He let them go off to Babylon where they had a good time for awhile, but it turned sour, God punished Babylon bigtime, and they ran back to God where it was safe.
(I figure the OW,for Babylon in this case).
God owns my husband, he was purchased by the blood of His Son, and he is not going to let an enemy have him.
Amen??
