Don't Settle for Less...

"It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it." - Somerset Maugham

This is one of the main reasons that I'm still "comfortably" single... I REFUSE to settle for, or to enter into any relationships, be they business, romantic or otherwise, in which God doesn't lead the woman and I both to be united as one. He MUST be the foundation we build upon, and the sole authority in confirming our coming together. Despite ANY physical attraction or desire, the spiritual MUST FIRST be met THROUGH GOD. For the Word says that He will withhold nothing good from His children. Nevertheless, the devil also knows what appeals to our "senses." So he plans, plots and often succeeds in conspiring our fall into disappointment, disgust, depression and even denial, when we drop our guard and are left open, exposed and defenseless.

I'll be the first to admit that there have been numerous times that my fleshly desires, willful disobedience, impatience, and inherent ignorance to God's instructions have led me wrong; intimately intertwined with women that God delicately crafted, created and designed, yet He didn't intend for them to be mine. However, in my carnal mind, I chose to find a multiplicity of reasons to commit treason to my own very being; my patience & trust in God fleeting, honestly seeking true love, yet not in God's order, marriage before mating... See, my way was indecent.

Giving my all, sacrificing His peace, I found myself aching in pain; see sex was what kept us together... Relationships failed, reunited to no avail, unequally yoked, heartbroken again and again; hiding not behind leaves, yet still I felt ashamed... pleasing each other and displeasing God, fornicating, finding myself repenting time after time, forgive us Lord... for naked we've lain.

For this cause, I relentlessly minister to both the married and the single. I practice what I preach, that we may all see with clarity the preordained ONE God has set forth, as a husband or help meet. There's no need we remain continually deceived by the enemy's need, keeping us bound by feeding our flesh; when we're Spirit-led, God honors the marriage bed... If not, we settle for less than God's best.

"Wait and hope for and expect the Lord; be brave and of good courage and let your heart be stout and enduring. Yes, wait for and hope for and expect the Lord." - Psalm 27:14 (AMP)