Opening Thoughts
This devotional is different than previous ones because it is what God has put on my heart to write lately. As usual I am hesitant but I must write what God has told me to. This will be a series (and I don't know how long of one) both for the single and married. It is my prayer that you find something encouraging and inspirational within.
So here for your viewing pleasure, are my thoughts on True Godly Love
between a Man and a Woman given to you in small love potion sized doses…
Love Potion #1 – God’s Gift
The very first and
most important thing I can tell you about love, is to LET GOD CHOOSE. There are so many people, so wanting of a
relationship that they are quick to go with anyone. And they wind up hurting
and heartbroken and often bitter. Let God choose. Remember that God made Eve
FOR Adam. Which means God made her especially for him. Equally yoked. Of
course, God did not make her PERFECT, but she was the perfect fit for Adam. And
no they didn’t have the ‘happily ever after perfect life’ (they got chucked out
of Eden for goodness sake!) but they stuck with each other and loved each other
regardless.
Think about it,
God knows us better than we know ourselves (no matter how hard we deny it) and
He always has our best interests at heart, so wouldn’t it be logical that He
would know the best person for us? And, let God do it in His OWN TIME. (You will find in other
potions that this is often the hardest part, as His timing is often seemingly
the SLOWEST process.) When there is delay, trust that God is working on you AND
them, so that your union is nothing short of ‘meant to be’.
When God was
placing this on my heart, “Rachel and Leah” kept coming to my mind. So I went
to look it up and when I read through how Jacob met them and chose her, there
is no mention that he ever prayed to God beforehand. And there was a lot of
trouble that came with his wives. God stepped in later on, in Leah’s behalf,
but it was never the type of marriage God intended. Then when I looked at Isaac
and Rebekah, Abraham’s servant was sent to find Isaac a wife and that servant
continuously prayed to God for help. And God answered his prayers.
Genesis 24:50-51 Laban and Bethuel answered, “This is from the Lord; we can say nothing to you one way or the other. Here is Rebekah; take her and go, and let her become the wife of your master’s son, as the Lord has directed. ” which is drastically different to what Laban said to Jacob in Genesis 29:26-27 when he asked for Rachel: Laban replied, “It is not our custom here to give the younger daughter in marriage before the older one. Finish this daughter’s bridal week; then we will give you the younger one also, in return for another seven years of work. ”
In the first instance,
Laban recognized God was in control and did not go against what was being done.
In the second case, he deceived Jacob and enforced his own customs and
traditions in order to make the outcome what he wanted, with no regards to God.
In essence, when we do not put God in charge of who we choose, we can’t
complain about any of the struggles and hardships that come from the decisions
that we make. God can pave the way for us, softening the hearts of those we need
to come in contact with, and preparing the outcome for us.
This means you have to BE OPEN. Don’t limit yourself on age, race, looks, or any of those
superficial things (what they drive, how much they make, etc…). Sure you can
pray for things you would like in them, but ultimately leave God free to do His
good work. Else you may find yourself passing up your ‘God Send’ because they
didn’t meet one of your ‘checklist’ items. Take it completely out of your hands
and put into the hands that cannot fail. God’s hands.
And finally STAY COMMITTED. When God gives you someone, don’t doubt Him.
Genesis 24:66-67 - Then the servant told Isaac all he had done. Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah, and he married Rebekah. So she became his wife, and he loved her; and Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.
Isaac had never spent even one
day with Rebekah before he married her. But he trusted that God had given him
to her and he acted on that trust. He didn’t worry about what other people
would say or think. And then he loved her.
Imagine, for example, marrying someone you never met, or with today’s
society, someone ‘online’? People go nuts with speculations and negativity and
think you are utterly crazy. But when God moves, it normally is in a way that
contradicts what society feels ‘should’ be.
We can’t be people who profess what God has given us one day, and then
doubt it the next. We become people who are
unstable in all our ways. Once God has told you, stand firm and walk in it
knowing that God doesn’t make mistakes. No matter what other people may say or
think: Speak it. Live it. Cast out fear and be committed to it.
But isn’t this how we should be in every area of our lives?
I have examples in my life of
Godly women and men whom God said to them “This is going to be your
husband/wife in time.” and they have never once faltered in believing what God
given them. Even though the road to the ‘happily ever after’ is a long one and
for some God has said “It is not going to be easy” but they still speak it,
walk in it, and claim the victory even though they aren’t at that finish line
yet.
And God is working tremendously in their favor for it.
Till Next Time
God Bless
Amanda of AstriaLegends
Till Next Time
God Bless
Amanda of AstriaLegends
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very good advice.
Very profound message. This not only applies to marriage but in all we do for God. Last Sunday's message was let God by your driver.