Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
– Genesis 1:26

I want you to notice something… before God even made Adam or Eve, He said, “Let them have dominion.” Let who? Adam and Eve – the husband and the wife. “Them” was God’s plan before He made human beings. Notice that the blessing is on THEM, not on just one. The blessing comes as you function as “them.” They have dominion over everything except each other.

No couple should function as one being over and one under…. it’s THEM!

I’ve heard it said before that behind every good man is a good woman. It’s just not true!  Here’s the thing – she was not made to be behind you. If she is behind you, she is vulnerable. She was not made to be out in front of you. She was made by God, taken out of the rib of man, to be at his side.

I love the way Bishop Larry Jackson explains it. He says woman was made out of a higher grade material. Man was made out of dirt; woman was made out of man’s rib. There is another dimension of unity that you can walk in when you honor each other and begin to operate as “them,” when you function as a team, not individuals.

The day you got married, the two became one. You are no longer two people with two different agendas and plans. Now you are one, so you operate as one, as “them,” as the team God has put together. I’m convinced that God put you two together because you are better together than you ever could be apart.

Start a conversation with your spouse about how you can function better as a team and operate as one in all that you do. Remember, the blessing of the Lord is on “them.”
– Pastor Kevin Berry

Prayer: “Father, I thank you that the two becoming one has always been part of your master plan for marriage and the family. I ask that you will help us to operate as one, to function as “them,” not as individuals. The day I entered the marriage covenant was the day my goals, my plans, my opinions, and my feelings were all laid on the altar for something better – “our!” Now it’s our goals, our plans, our opinions, our feelings, our future. Give me the wisdom to walk in the blessing of marriage and family. Thank you, Amen!”