God Wants Us In Healthy Relationships!!
There
is a great message in the poem by Janette
Ikz “I Will Wait For You”
and I totally agree with it!!! We better wait on God before we get into a
relationship with another person; ANY relationship – therefore in this
message I am talking about marriage relationships and friendships – whereas
Janette is talking about marriage relationship!!!
God
asked a question in Amos 3:3 to the Israelites “Can two walk together unless they
are agreed?” (biblegateway.com – NKJV). The Message Bible version states it like this “Do two people walk hand in hand if they aren’t going to the same
place?” The answer is NO!!! There is power in
agreement (Matthew 18:20) so we have to make sure we have the right
person walking with us hand in hand so they will be able to agree with us!!!
God
knows the heart of every person who comes in our lives; He knows their
underlying purpose so that is the reason we need to wait on Him to connect us
with the right people BEFORE we enter the marriage relationship or
friendship!!! We have to be careful who and what we connect ourselves with!! We
must trust in the Lord with ALL our hearts, lean not to our own understanding
and acknowledge God in ALL our ways and He will direct our path (Proverbs
3:5-8)!!!
Dr.
Myles Munroe said something years ago that stuck with me, "When purpose is not known,
abuse is inevitable!" In
other words, if the person we are connected to does not know our purpose (if we
are not connected to them by the Spirit) they will eventually abuse us!! That
statement also means if we do not know our own purpose, we will abuse ourselves
and accept whatever comes our way just for the sake of love or friendship!!
The
only way we are ever going to really know someone is by the Holy Spirit!! We
cannot know someone naturally; we all have an old nature and that old nature
wants to still reign and rule! People can put on a front when they first meet
us but they CANNOT fool
the Holy Spirit!!! We need to listen to the Holy Spirit as the person is
speaking and we will know exactly where the person is coming from! The Bible
says, out of the abundance of the heart the mouth will speak (Luke 6:45)
so what is in a man will eventually come out!!
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