Is your lack of self control a good enough reason to get married?

Maybe.

In 1 Corinthians Paul wrote “it is good for a man not to touch a woman“. At first glance that sounds like you shouldn’t get married. But he’s showing us how we distract one another from a more focused service to God. I’m thankful Paul doesn’t stop there because I can’t imagine not touching a woman. I mean…why would God create such beautiful creatures and not let us touch them.

Paul goes on to say that marriage is a good thing. It keeps us from doing all those sexual things that aren’t good for us. It’s an indicator of God’s approval of sex between a man and a woman…but within the constraints of marriage.

God knows how almost all men have a harmful lack of self control. And God, after all, is the One who invented sex. He could have made it terrible chore, but instead He made it a very pleasurable thing for enjoyment so we would “be fruitful and multiply“.

Paul explains how a man is supposed to have A wife and woman is to have A husband. And you’re not supposed to withhold your affection from one another because that’s how you’ll make sure “Satan does not tempt you because of your lack of self-control”.

We’re not commanded to marry. It’s not a requirement for salvation, grace, or any other thing. Marriage is for your health and abundant life is you have a lack of self-control over your own body. In other words, if you know you burn with passion, find a good woman or man and marry. Then share all the love and affection you have within you, and give your bodies over to one another in passion that springs from that love.

And, of course, if you have self-control in matters of sex, then consider serving God and not getting married because you’ll have a sharper focus on Him without the distractions and needs of a helpmate. But married or not…seek ways you can serve the God who knit you together in the womb. You exist at the hands of the Ultimate Designer, and He knows what it takes for your best health and happiness.

In Faith, Hope, and Love”

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