Perhaps an even better question is, “Why should we bother with trying to know God?” The reason why this may be a more appropriate question is because sometimes we let our singleness put God on the backburner:
- If someone breaks our hearts, we wish bad things for them and we seek to get revenge against them
- If someone rejects our love, we try our best not to love them (or at least act like we do not love them)
- If someone is mean to us, we return their meanness and even try to “out-mean” them
If someone we have done a favor for does not say thank you, we vow not to never do anything else for them - If we are feeling “frisky”, we sleep with whoever will sleep with us without consideration for the damages being done to our spiritual health
- In our interactions with each other, we rely on our so-called wisdom and not on the guidance of the Holy Spirit
Why bother with getting to know God? His ways are the path to a purposeful and fulfilling singleness. Whatever drama and mess life throws at us will not “stick” because God has promised to work things out for our good. Because we have taken the time to know God and we have learned to trust Him, we can smile a while longer, laugh a little heartier, walk more purposefully, dream bigger dreams, plan larger accomplishments, believe that nothing is too good to be true and break through any barriers that will keep other singles down.
Want some friendly advice? As well as you may know God now, get to know even more about Him. Keep praying, stay in a spirit of meditation and continue to believe and obey Him. If you remain on the path to becoming familiar with God, watch out because God has some mighty blessings ahead for you. You think you are doing pretty good in your singleness today? Well, if you remain faithful to Him, YOU AIN’T SEEN NOTHING YET!
2 comments:
In the everyday hustle and bustle of life you lose track on what is really important.
Okay, I am single but I am alive and well. I have a decent portion of health and strength.
There are people who love me and I love myself. I am truly blessed.
But the most important of all is that God loves me and has placed me on this earth for a purpose. The more I focus on Him, His word and doing His will, singleness moves out of the way and is no longer the issue.
God already knows me. I just need to continue growing in Him and know Him better each day. The key word I believe is to "focus".
You pray for me and I'll continue praying for you.
L
Mr. Writer,
That is an awesome quote you have has a header on the Moments of Singleness blog…I enjoyed the read.
I certainly thank you for sharing the reason we as singles should get to know God. I agree and I am truly trying to get to the point that “all I want is God.” If we really think about it some of us may remain single so why not go after and rest in a sure thing…I am going to live in Christ no matter what.
Allow me to tell about the God I know: He gave his only begotten son for ME. He deals with all my issues and hang-ups of getting older and yet he still loves me; He catches me when I fall, he helps me when I stumble. Most of all, He does not discount me because of what I am not but loves me because of what I am. I don’t have to ever wonder about his loyalty or desire to be with me because I am His and He is mine. I am not an inconvenience when I am sick, He is always there… His love endurance forever.
Knowing God allows the Christ in me to love those who reject me, disappoint me and break my heart...I pray Jesus will continue to remove the scales from my eyes and allow me to see “my singleness for the opportunity it is”…and do his will not my will. To help me to never ask that this cup be taken from me but to know God’s grace is always sufficient.
Desiring to fulfill God’s Will
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