Isaiah 1:18-20 (KJV)
Come now, and let us reason
together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be
as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat
the good of the land: But if ye refuse
and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath
spoken it.
If I say to you “The dating relationship in our culture is…
a) …not supported biblically;”
b) …a man-ordained relationship;”
c) … medically & socially unhealthy,”
you may choose to either respond emotionally to the statement, and/or you may
choose to challenge the statement after doing the research. I pray you do the latter.
After you search the Scriptures
with the guidance of the Holy Spirit, and search through the topic in the medical
& social literature, you might offer a summation of your findings.
If you determine, after diligently
researching the topic, that dating is biblical and productive, then continue
along that path.
If you discern that the Scriptures
and the facts support the first three sub-statements (a,b & c), then the
next question might be, “Then how do I find someone to marry?” And here lies one of the major quandaries of
today’s Christian and non-Christian.
If I say to you that the answer to the dilemma is to Love
(agape) the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with
all thy mind, and with all thy strength…And the second…love (agape) thy neighbour
as thyself (Mark 12:29-31). You might respond, “What
does this have to do with the question?”
EVERYTHING!
God has a way of answering our questions thoroughly, but unexpectedly. Since it is unexpected, we usually flush His answer and go off to find our
own.
A great example of this occurred in
Genesis Chapter 2, where God spoke into reality that it was not good that man
should be alone. So in addressing this
dilemma, He began to have man name the animals.
There seems to be no connection to naming the animals & solving the dilemma of man not being alone upon initial analysis. After this activity is completed, God Himself
states that the animals are not the answer to the dilemma. Then He puts the man to sleep. Wait!
Is this action connected to the dilemma at hand? God then does surgery on the man. Again…by itself, not an act connected to
solving the dilemma. Ahhh, but then He
began to create a being from a piece of the man and breathes the breath of life
into her causing her to become a living soul!
Now we see the answer to the dilemma created by God Himself.
When God starts to answer our
questions, He desires to transform our thinking from fleshly to Godly. Will we wait around for Him to perform the
necessary first actions before we wander off to create our own solution? Will we trust Him to create, with the
greatest specification, an answer to the reality of this life He created (e.g. it
is not good for man to be alone; man should be fruitful—spiritually, and multiply—spiritually
& physically; your desire will be for your husband)? (see Genesis 1:28, 2:18, 3:16-19, 6:5-7)
Will we carry on with the work He has
ordained for us to do in the midst of sensing the natural reality of it “not being good
to be alone? “ Will we name the animals Genesis 2:19-20; love the Lord…obey His voice…cleave unto Him Deuteronomy 30:20; minister to kings book of Daniel; perform John the Baptist’s
calling Luke 1:13-17; or, be discipled
by Paul to minister to the Believers 1st & 2nd
Timothy with God's supernatural grace?
Will we wait upon God, His timing,
and His way; or will we grasp for things ordained by men (2 Samuel 13) that
have no other outcome but chaos, death, and destruction?
Unfortunately, today’s reality with
relationships inside and outside the church attest to us choosing with great
gusto the things ordained by man. We
seem unaware of sitting at the Father’s feet, loving Him, worshipping Him,
wanting Him above all else and anyone else.
We seem unaware that much of the chaos, unrest and sadness of our lives
are the effects of our sin nature, the sin nature of others, and an outcome of
us choosing man-ordained ways to live.
Be
still, and know that I am God (Psalm 46:10).
God provided for us ways to find
the answer through His Word, The Holy Spirit, and firstly through a surrendered
relationship through Jesus Christ so we can access the first two
provisions.
Jesus
saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me…But
the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name,
he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance,
whatsoever I have said unto you (John 14:6, 26).
Will you continue in the chaos of
man-made traditions, Christian or otherwise, or will you take the supernatural cure that is
Christ and His Way?
