Date: Wednesday, 2nd July, 2025
Text: Ecclesiastes 4:9-11
Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan
Exhortation:
The word of God says, “Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up. Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone?” Ecclesiastes 4:9-11
Marriage is not a union between two perfect spouses. Each individual in the union has his or her own strengths and weaknesses. The beauty of the union is that they perfect each other’s areas of strengths and weaknesses. Where the husband is weak, the wife is strong and where the wife is weak the husband is strong.
This brings us to the eighth principle of marital success called the Principle of Complementarity.
Complementarity between a husband and his wife relationship refers to the way the two of them being individuals’ different, and often with opposite qualities and needs fit together, creating a sense of completeness and balance. It’s when one spouse’s strengths compensate for the other’s weaknesses, and vice versa, leading to a more harmonious and fulfilling union.
Today, we see so many husbands and wives competing instead of complementing each other. This is very wrong. If you are a husband married to a wife who earns more than you, don’t feel inferior or intimidated. In a godly home, her own financial strength is meant to compensate for your own weakness.
Do everything to promote each other’s areas of strength and cover up for each other’s areas of weakness. Let the name of Christ be glorified in your home.
Prayer Nugget: Father, I receive understanding and wisdom to complement and not to compete with my spouse in Jesus name.
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