Jesus at Your Wedding

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“Let us rejoice and be glad and give Him glory! For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and His bride has made herself ready.” — Revelation 19:7

Several years ago my husband and I closely watched two weddings—one on TV and the other through photos on Facebook. One, a royal wedding, costing millions of dollars and the other probably less than $200. Both couples deeply in love and truly committed to each other; both weddings in churches; both military couples with obligations to duty; both brides beautiful and both grooms handsome; both families excited and happy for the couples.

With the images of the two Christian ceremonies in mind, I was impressed by what Bob and Cheryl Moeller wrote in their “Marriage Minutes” shortly thereafter.  Their article was entitled “Invite Jesus to Your Wedding—Goals for Your Wedding Day.” If you are planning a wedding, or helping to plan one, perhaps these ideas might help to make it a sacred event with God’s presence in mind:

“1. We will make our wedding a worship experience by making Jesus the very first person we invite.

2. We will resolve to make it a worship service, rather than a production.

3. We will set our goal to be married, not just to get married.

4. We will praise the Creator, rather than calling attention to us.

5. We will set a budget to honor God rather to impress people.

6. We will publicly honor our parents and grandparents.

7. We will remember it is Christ, not the pastor who really marries us.

8. We will call attention on our wedding day to our true future hope – the second coming of Christ (the wedding supper of the Lamb).”

Item #3 is a goal that will take you past your wedding day and into each day of your lives together.  Our prayer is that you seek to honor God in your marriage . . . and not just at your wedding.

Work Cited: from “Marriage Minutes” by Bob and Cheryl Moeller, May 2, 2011, on www.forkeepsministries.com

Questions to Share:

Also from the Moeller’s “Marriage Minutes”:

1. “Will people remember Jesus more than the two of us when the day is over?

2. Is the presence of Christ truly welcome in all our festivities including the reception?

3. Will the people who attend catch a glimpse of heaven?”

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