Yesterday I was blessed to perform the wedding ceremony for my son and his new bride. I talked about how if they nourish and cultivate their relationship with one another, they will always have at least one person on their side, no matter how harsh life and the world can get at times. I’m thankful that I have that in my wife like she has in me, and I pray we modelled it well enough for our son that it’s a lesson that stays with him thoughout his marriage.

This also reminded me, through my wandering mind’s free association, of some other really great news. So, here goes.

First, I’ll point out that in Ephesians, the Apostle Paul commanded husbands:

Let’s follow this simile comparing Jesus to a husband a little way down the path. This sort self-sacrificial love is the way I want to and try to treat my wife, but sadly I usually come up short.

Next, we can say that Jesus takes His devotion to us even one step farther. In addition to sacrificing Himself like a lamb on our behalf, He is also the God-man part of the triune God. The same God who created the whole universe from nothing. The same God whose power and capabilities we can’t even begin to fathom.

So, this same Jesus who was willing to die to take the punishment you and I deserve is also able to do even more than we can ask or imagine (see Ephesians 3:20). Which means that if He as our groom is on our side, what does it matter who is on the other side? Is there anything we can’t accomplish or endure?

Or to put it another way, we can see how Paul described this really great news in his letter to the church in Rome:

Who, indeed?