When you think about the man of your dreams, you don’t think about conflict. And yet, if you’re called to marriage, while God will give you a man who satisfies your longings and desires for a husband, he will not give you a man with whom you will never have any problems.
How can you tell if you have healthy standards that will protect you from getting into a bad relationship or unrealistic expectations that will sabotage you and keep you forever single?
Is your desire for that person really from God? Or are you being tempted by Satan with someone the Lord does not want for you? It can be hard to know when romantic feelings are involved.
How will you really know when a woman was sent to you by God? After all, plenty of guys thought a woman was from the Lord, only to find out she was a terrible match for him. Also, as we all know, sometimes we can trick ourselves into hearing what we want to hear.
Is God leading you to wait for that man? Or is Satan tempting you to waste your time on that guy? Is it a Spirit-led relationship that is just taking time to develop towards marriage? Or is the devil seeking to waste your life by keeping you with a guy who will never become the man you hope he will become?
In many instances, God wants to give us the very thing we want from him, but he is also withholding that blessing because we want it too badly. In other words, God will not bless us with an idol.
Last week, I posted an article called This Verse Proves God Does Choose Your Spouse. In that article, I unpacked Genesis 24:14 in depth, which I’ve never done before. However, in the comments, I was reminded of how many misconceptions there are about this idea of “the one.”So, in this article, I will try to give concise answers to ten of the most common rebuttals I’ve heard over the years regarding my belief that “the one” is a biblical concept.
Also, I will leave links to other resources I’ve created that address these rebuttals in more depth.
As a Christian single woman who wants to be married, you would do anything to help your future husband. But how can you be a support to the man God has for you if you have never met him before?
