Whatever your situation, there’s a lesson from God’s Word to apply to it.
We’re very fortunate that marriage principles aren’t limited to the ones found in the Scriptures that explicitly mention marriage. Those are adequate for gaining a foundational understanding of marriage; but there’s a vast sea of treasure troves in the Bible, principles with nearly infinite applications. It seems practically every Scripture passage pertains to marriage in some way.
One such passage is 1 Timothy 6:6 Now Godliness with contentment is great gain. There isn’t space to tackle the whole verse here, so let’s just zero in the on the idea of contentment.
Content as a noun means something that is contained. We usually add an s to it to refer to all things contained within a vessel; the contents of bottle or can include all the ingredients within. If our life is the vessel, its contents are all things in our current situation.
To be content as a Jesus-follower means we’re ok with our current situation. We may pray and work for growth and improvement, but we’re still ok with where God has us currently. That’s contentment.
Applying the principle and 1 Timothy 6:6 to marriage, it is great gain to be ok with the current situation in our marriage.
Now, if someone is a victim of infidelity or abuse, of course they aren’t content in their marriage. But other circumstances (contents), like troubles common to every married couple we can still be content with because contentment is ultimately found in God and we know He is bigger than any issue, marital or otherwise.
So, we choose to be ok with the current situation of our marriage. This is the contentment principle of 1 Timothy 6:6 applied to marriage. God is so very good. His Word is good. And marriage His way is very good.
