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?
According to the Bible, is there such a thing as “the one”? Does the Bible actually use the words “the one”? And if there is such a thing as “the one,” how does God expect us to locate this person?
By studying and applying 2 Timothy 3:1-9, we can identify five types of phrases that are actually red flags, revealing a man who was sent by Satan to lead a woman astray.