3 Ways Satan Hides Someone Sent as an Answer to Your Prayer for Remarriage

Have you been praying to God that he would allow you to remarry one day? Is it possible that the Lord has sent someone in answer to these prayers? And yet, is it also possible that Satan is trying to keep you and this person a part?

In this article, we will discuss three common ways someone is attacked by Satan when God is answering their prayer for remarriage.

1. Satan Will Tempt You to Believe Remarriage Is Not Biblical Even Though You Haven’t Studied It for Yourself

Among Bible-believing Christians, there are varying views on what is permissible about divorce and remarriage. This can be a complex topic due to the varying verses we have that address this issue. And so, even when two people both look at the same Scriptures, they can come to very different conclusions about divorce and remarriage.

For a more complete study on this topic, you can read my article called What Does the Bible Say About Divorce and Remarriage? However, here is a quick summary of the common views among Christians about divorce and remarriage:

• View 1: If you get divorced, you are not biblically free to remarry. Even if you were divorced for biblical reasons (adultery, unbelieving spouse leaving), it would still be an act of adultery in God’s eyes if you were to remarry.
• View 2: If you get divorced for an unbiblical reason, then it would be unbiblical to remarry. However, if you were divorced for a biblical reason, you are then also biblically free to remarry.
• View 3: If you get divorced, you are free to remarry regardless of why the divorce took place.

As you can see, the spectrum is wide here. If you want to know my views, I personally believe View 2 is the most biblical. I won’t reteach why I believe this since it is a complex subject, and I’ve already done this in my other article linked above.

Now, let’s get back to our subject in this article. The way Satan can attack you is by tempting you to follow someone else’s conviction about what the Bible says regarding this subject. The key, however, is to study this topic for yourself and then fully commit to what you genuinely believe is the most biblical answer.

For example, if you are widowed, you may have heard you should not remarry. However, Scripture clearly states that widows can remarry (1 Corinthians 7:39).

If you are someone who believes the Bible says remarriage is wrong in all cases, then you should follow that conviction. If you are someone who believes remarriage is biblical if the divorce is biblical, then you should follow that conviction. It’s lazy and unbiblical, however, for you to just hear what someone else thinks and then go with that, which is what Satan wants you to do.

When it comes to debatable topics, Romans 14:12 and 23 states, “So then each of us will give an account of himself to God . . . But whoever has doubts is condemned if he eats, because the eating is not from faith. For whatever does not proceed from faith is sin.”

Satan will attack you in this area by trying to keep you confused. Seek biblical clarity and pray for the strength to follow your convictions.

2. Satan Will Tempt You to Project Your Past Wounds Onto This New Person

Let’s say you do feel biblically free to remarry. Now Satan will switch his focus away from trying to make you feel guilty for being married to someone else and, instead, he will simply try to ruin your relationship with this other person through personal conflicts.

Oftentimes, people struggle to have a healthy relationship after being married in the past because they are projecting their past wounds onto this new person. Because you don’t want to make the same mistakes or get hurt as you did in the past, you might be easily tempted to see wrongs that aren’t really there.

Either way, if you are connecting with someone new after a previous marriage, pray that the Lord would give you a fresh start. Learn from the past, but never fear the past.

2 Timothy 1:7, “. . . for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.”

3. Satan Will Tempt You to Idolize This Person and Rush the Process

After a painful marriage in the past or after your loving spouse dies, a deep loneliness can come upon you. Sometimes this will last for years, maybe even a lifetime. But God wants to meet you in your pain. He wants to use this loneliness as fuel to increase your passion for Christ.

Satan, however, wants you to turn to other lovers before the Lord. He wants you to think you need a new spouse to be truly happy. While God may want to answer your prayer for remarriage, it’s also true that this is a secondary type of blessing that can only bring true happiness if you are already content in the Lord.

When you need someone to be God to you, you not only miss out on what God can give you, but you also miss out on what this person can offer to you. Only when you don’t need them to be your everything can they be what they are meant to be to you.

Psalm 16:2, “I say to the Lord, ‘You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you.’”

Related Article: What Does the Bible Say About Divorce and Remarriage?