The One You Have Now Is Not Your Husband
For you have had five husbands, and the one you now have is not your husband. (John 4:18 ESV)
So many women have had
Many husbands
And the one they have now
Is not their husband
They have lived with men
That did not marry them
Hoping the man would marry them
And the men did not.
After the first failure or mistake,
They move to another man
Trying their luck
Until it becomes a vicious cycle
Of abuse
As men take advantage of their weakness
And desperation.
Jesus did not condemn her,
He was compassionate towards her
As he knew how desperately she was seeking happiness
He then asked her to seek for the real person
The Living Water – the Holy Spirit,
Precious gift of God.
This woman was obviously
Living with a man
And playing wife to him
However,
He was not her husband
Jesus said,
“You have had five husbands
And the husband you
Have now is not
Your husband.”
So Jesus is effectively
Telling her that
The husband she had
Is not her husband
Jesus called him her husband
Yet, acknowledged
That he was not her real husband
It is very possible
To live with, put on the wifely garment
and play perfect wife to a man who
Secretly does not wish to marry us.
It is also possible to
Marry someone who is not our
Husband or wife.
So many people are living with
People that are not their spouses
And find themselves in God’s
Permissive will – not His perfect will.
In this woman’s case
She was probably living
With a man she wasn’t married to
Not necessarily married to a man
That is against God’s will for her life
We must be very careful
Because wrong husband or wife
Will certainly mean
Unfulfilled destiny
Because our real spouse
Is the one sent from above
To help us fulfill destiny.
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