A Bride’s Preparation

Today’s blog post is contributed by David Trotta:

For I feel a divine jealousy for you, since I betrothed you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.  But I am afraid that as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your thoughts will be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ. (2 Corinthians 11:2-3)

My wife and I recently married off our youngest daughter.  After the big day, we were reflecting on all the preparation a bride goes through to be beautiful for her groom on their big day.

There’s pedicures, eyebrow waxing, elaborate hairdos, makeup, jewelry, tanning and many other personal touches a bride undergoes.

While thinking about all the preparation many brides-to-be go through, we felt challenged by the lack of spiritual preparation we invest in our relationship with our groom, Jesus.

While we put a lot of emphasis on our physical appearance, we often neglect our spiritual appearance.

Sure, the redemptive work of the cross will always make us beautiful in God’s eyes and He will always love us regardless of our many blemishes, but as the apostle Paul mentioned above, we should always strive to demonstrate a sincere and pure devotion to Jesus, especially in our thought life, lest we be led astray.

So, what level of preparation are you taking to keep your thought life pure?  Our adversary is cunning and he will do whatever he can to draw the affections of your heart away from Jesus.

Don’t let Him.

Stand guard at the doorway of your thought life.  Be jealous to only give your heart away to Jesus and not to the things of this world.  Like a bridge preparing to meet her groom, let’s prepare our hearts to receive the lover of our souls. Only He is worthy of our sincere and pure devotion.