God Doesn’t Play Second Fiddle Well!

“I delight greatly in the Lord;

    my soul rejoices in my God.

For he has clothed me with garments of salvation

    and arrayed me in a robe of his righteousness,

as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest,

    and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.”

Isaiah 61:10

 

 

It’s pretty popular nowadays to recognize a wedding day as the brides’ special day.

Even comics make jokes about the bride half-wishing the groom didn’t have to be there so as to not steal some of her spotlight.

I certainly recognize that there is some humor to be found in all of the pre-wedding planning but it also makes an interesting comparison to those who would claim to have or be ‘church’. Too often it’s like a wedding void of a couple.

The last time I checked ‘couple’ still meant “two”.

They take the grooms name but, if He is allowed in the building, it’s as if He is told to

“Sit down and be quiet”.

God doesn’t play second fiddle well.

When it comes to His bride, the church, He is intimately involved in every aspect of her preparation.

As a matter of fact, He has prepared the garments she will wear!

They are “…garments of salvation…” and a “…robe of his righteousness…”

The bride who delights greatly in her groom and rejoices in him will have no difficulty in sharing that special day with him.

He will be intimately involved in every detail.

Don’t prepare a wedding but tell the groom to get out.

Don’t call yourself a church and ask God to leave the building.

He will and you won’t be!