“Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, BUT HE GAT NO HEAT.” 1 Kings 1:1
It is sad that many people go into relationships without knowing the difference between FEELING COLD/HAVING COLD, & FEELING HEAT/GETTING HEAT. #marriage
Clothes that were put on David could have brought some feelings of heat, but they noted that there was no transfer of heat! Why? It was because David was not feeling cold, what happened to David was that he got cold! David had cold. #marriage#issuesofmarriage
A man who is feeling cold is not the same as the one who has cold. With good layers of clothes, the one who is feeling cold might feel heat and get better, but winter clothes cannot make a man who has cold get heat! The one who has cold needs proper attention, adequate treatment!
Cold or coldness, which is low temperature or loss of freshness through passage of time, is different from cold- a viral infection! The former is a FEELING while the latter is an INFECTION! You cannot treat feelings the same way infection is treated.
Marriage is meant to treat ‘infection’, that is, what threatens life, not emotions. This is not to suggest that being emotionally dry or dead is spirituality! NO! Jesus wept! (Jn. 11:35). Emotion has a way of PUTTING YOU IN MOTION, but it CANNOT KEEP YOU IN MOTION (going).
“Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and let her cherish him, and LET HER LIE IN THY BOSOM, THAT MY LORD THE KING MAY GET HEAT." 1 Kings 1:2
"So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king.
And the damsel was very fair, and cherished the king, and ministered to him…" 1 Kings 1:3,4
Age may come with many things, but certainly not with everything. Kings and old people in the Bible have counsellors; meaning no one is all-knowing. You need God to navigate through life, and, this year!
"A fire goeth before him…" Psalms 97:3 (KJV)
There is only one Person to follow in the journey of life, and that Person is God! He is the Maker of the heavens and the earth, and thus has the layout of both in His palm! Follow Him, but ONLY through JESUS!
"...What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man, that thou visitest him?
Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with glory and honour..." Heb. 2:6-7