Day Three: Choosing the Best
And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment, so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God. –Philippians 1:9-11
Have you ever thought about all the decisions that you’ll make as a couple? Some will be major life decisions, most of them will be small every day decisions. How do you make these decisions? What questions do you ask in order to put your stamp of approval on something?
Paul’s prayer for the Philippians is that their love will be so grounded in the truth that they will always put the stamp of approval on that which is vital and essential. He is praying that when given the choice they’ll choose the eternal and significant over that which is fleeting. It’s actually all of the little decisions which form our character more than the big ones that we usually stress out about. A thousand decisions informed by the gospel will create a couple which accurately shines the beauty of Jesus. So, let us pray along with Paul that we would approve that which is excellent.
Father, we have so many decisions that we have to make. Some of them are major decisions. We also confess that many of the decisions we make every day we don’t even give much thought. Help our love to grow so deep and discerning that we approve what is vital over what is fleeting. May every choice we make together be informed by the eternal. Help us approve the vital. Amen.
