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Hey, brother!

Thanks for asking! This is one of my favourite quotes on relationships and sums it up best for me:

“Ultimately, remember, you’re not the point of the relationship, Jesus is. Point each other to Christ and let Christ knit you together as He sees fit.”

On an individual level, continue to draw closer to God each day, and you’ll develop the godly characteristics that will serve her well. Ultimately you’ll grow and develop as a leader in general. At the same time, your job is not to groom or pastor her as such. God will work on her. But here’s a few pointers I’ve learnt below:

1. Help protect her purity.

2. Always aim to point her to Christ, not yourself.

3. Focus on being rather than getting. Often times we jump into relationships based out of what we can get from it as opposed to who they are and what we can offer, which results in conditional love.  

4. Pray together. Keeps God at the centre, and unifies a couple no end.

A Christ-led relationship is a wonderful thing.

Mark 11 tells of Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem on a colt, which at the time was a baby donkey. This was prophesied in Zechariah 9. In those days, people of high power and authority would ride around on big horses and chariots.

I think there’s something striking about Jesus deciding to ride not even on a donkey, but a baby donkey and still managing to command the attention and adoration He received from the public, who shouted “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David! Hosanna in the highest!” [Verse 9].

In the days of the Roman Empire, to have such affection for anyone but King Caesar was seen as borderline blasphemous and considered a crime. So why was the public drawn to Jesus in this way? Because Jesus was the only leader who oozed humility and authority at the same time. He orchestrated the event [Verses 2-3] . He didn’t need to try hard to exercise authority.

We live in a time where the leaders in this world are scrutinized and the public are often sceptical because of constant failed promises and corruption amongst them. However we need to remember that they’re human beings like us, with character flaws and traits - just like us. They’re often sidetracked and trapped by money and authority, and make mistakes like we do. Jesus is the greatest leader, who possessed no character flaws and always sought to protect His people and His church. We see this later on in Mark 11 where He exercised His authority to drive businesses out of His Father’s house.