Rejoice In Her

Are you faithful to your wife, or do you actually delight in her? Because Solomon says there's a difference, and a lot of men have settled for the first while missing the second entirely.Christian reaches the turning point of Proverbs 5. After seventeen verses of warning, Solomon stops and blesses his son. May your fountain be blessed. May you rejoice. Not tolerate. Not endure. Not stay faithful through gritted teeth. Rejoice. Most men treat faithfulness like a fence, something that hems them in and limits them. Solomon treats it like a fountain, something meant to overflow with joy if you'd actually delight in what God gave you.Solomon isn't blessing a memory. He's blessing an ongoing choice. The woman you married isn't frozen on your wedding day, and neither are you. "The wife of your youth" is a call to keep rejoicing in the same covenant decade after decade, season after season. Biblical wisdom is aimed at a good life, not a shallow one, and there is no teaching in Proverbs about love that isn't aimed at deep, lasting joy inside the covenant God designed. A man who only defends his marriage but never delights in it is still missing what Solomon is after.Verse of the Day: Proverbs 5:18Your Daily Man-Up ChallengeToday, don't just avoid something for your marriage. Celebrate something in it. Do one thing that says "I rejoice in you," not just "I'm faithful to you." A note, a date, a real conversation, an honest compliment. Go out of your way. And if you're single, ask God to grow in you a heart that rejoices rather than merely endures, starting with the season where all you have is Him.Tap HERE to send us a text!NEW TO THE MEN’S MORNING DEVOTIONAL? Welcome!The Men's Morning Devotional is a podcast to help you man up in every way - in your faith, your family and your work - by spending a few minutes getting into the Word before you face the world. Every weekday, you'll get a challenge and encouragement from Scripture that speaks to the pressures you carry as a husband, a father, and a leader. You’ll get truth you can take straight into your day. And you’ll know you’re not standing alone, because men everywhere are waking up to fight the same battle.Your hosts are Steve Alessi, pastor of Metro Life Church of Miami, FL, along with his sons and other leaders of our Goodfellas men's ministry.Join us every weekday to man up! MORE PODCASTS YOU'LL ENJOYFind more podcasts about faith and family from Metro Life Studios, including:My Morning DevotionalThe Family Business with The AlessisThe Mary and Martha Show You can listen to all of these shows on our Metro Life Studios app here! Get The Metro Life Studios app