So God says to wait…
Wait for the husband, wait for the kids…So many thoughts come to mind, all the
lonely Valentine’s Days, having to observe the happiness of all the other
couples, and more importantly that feeling of loneliness. So what am I going to
do while I wait?
In this entry I want to
deal with what we can do spiritually while we wait on our husbands. In the last
post I emphasized the benefits of waiting on God, the five R’s, Refreshment,
Restoration, Revelation, Renewed Strength and Redirection. When I thought about
writing this posts, and through prayer and meditation the Holy Spirit laid on
my heart the parable of the ten virgins. They all looked the same from their
physical appearance, but five were wise, and five were foolish. Five of them were
prepared and five were unprepared. The parable of the ten virgins has been
heard over and over again. The emphasis is on how we need to be ready as the
five wise virgins for the coming of the Lord. But as the Holy Spirit kept
putting this parable in my spirit and as I thought about this, in waiting must
come preparation. The Holy Spirit said that just how you must be prepared for
My coming, you must be prepared for your husband’s coming. We as women have
asked God for our husbands, and He has said wait, but are we prepared for that
man of God if God decided to send him right now? Some may say yes, maybe and
no. As I have gotten older and continued to grow as a Christian my eyes have
been opened to so many things. I can truly say that I was not ready for that
man of God in my younger years, but as I continued to grow I am continually
learning and continuing to make preparation for the husband that God is wanting
to bless me with. So what are the things we can do while we wait?
First and foremost, we need to develop an active prayer life. Rededicate yourself to Christ and make sure He is first and foremost in your life and pour all that passion into knowing Christ intimately. Let Him know that you want to grow in Him and begin to form a picture of who you sense Him wanting you to be. Prayer is a powerful weapon that we as believers should use as often as possible in our daily walk. When we pray miracles happen. Mark 9:29 (KJV) says, “And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.” We see here that Jesus is stating how important prayer is, and we have seen in many stories how the prayers of the saints of old (Elijah, Joshua, David, etc.) have resulted in miracles taking place in each of their lives or the lives of whom they came in contact with. In addition, prayer is our communication channel with God. It is where we can make our request known to Him. Philippians 4:6 (KJV) says, “Be careful for nothing; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.” We can pour out to God our concerns about the future, when we are feeling lonely, and when we just need His comfort. Prayer accesses all of these things. So don’t just pray for a husband, pray to God for strength during this single period in your life, ask Him to shape you into a godly woman for your husband, and kids, and a woman who practices beauty in every area of her life. Tell Him that you want to be the kind of woman who leaves every relationship, every job, every person in your life with a whiff of God’s love. Now if you have only been praying for a husband and not for the other things I mentioned above, get to it. These essentials will help in preparing you to be a godly wife to the man God has for you.
Secondly, we must focus
on the promises God has for each and every one of us. He says
to us, He is working everything out for our good (Romans 8:28), He has a great
plan for us (Jeremiah 29:11), though it tarries, it will surely come, (Habakkuk
2:3) and He is asking that we cast all our cares on Him (1 Peter 5:7). As I was
looking through some photos and meditating on what God wanted me to share with
you in this posts, one of the pictures caught my eye and it said, “The Lord may
delay His promises, but He will never deny them.” It was comforting to know
that God’s promises are sure and they are coming as I am in this waiting
period. Joyce Meyers said, “Patience is not the ability to wait but the
ability to keep a good attitude while waiting.” Pastor Meyers is right,
you know waiting is not easy, but we can choose to have a positive attitude
while waiting. When we firmly believe in God’s word we can wait joyfully and
expectantly because in the end we know it will come to us. Continue to focus on
the promises of God during this season of your life.
Thirdly, we need to
devote a great deal of time to ministry. I feel that singleness is an
ideal time to become a hard-working laborer in the Lord’s vineyard. You are
able to work double for the Lord. If we get busy for the Lord, then we
won’t have time to feel sorry for ourselves because we have no one. Apostle
Paul says in I Corinthians 7: 32-34 (KJV), “But I would have you without
carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the
Lord, how he may please the Lord: But he that is married careth for the
things that are of the world, how he may please his wife. There is difference
also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of
the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is
married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.” As
single women we are free to be about God’s business. We don’t have to worry
about a husband, or kids, or how we can spice up our marriage, what the kids
need, and the list goes on. We can totally devote our lives to serving in
ministry for Christ. I don’t know what your talents are, if you sing, dance,
are good with kids, etc., but whatever it may be, use it to the honor and glory
of God in His ministry. Devote your life to ministry and focus on how you can
be God’s hand extended to others in need.
Finally, we should live in the present and stop worrying about the future. Matthew 6:34 (KJV) says, “Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.” Worrying will not change our situation so we need to enjoy our lives and appreciate God’s goodness in our lives. We should count our blessings, and focus on what we have and not on what we don’t have. In the present we can focus on learning to forgive quickly, when our friends and family hurt our feelings so that we can be easy to live with and also on crafting our speech to be encouraging and uplifting so that someday we will be comfortable dishing out those loving words to our husband and family. Ladies, God has our future in His hands, so let’s live in this present time and work on being all God wants us to be.
I just want to encourage
you all that while we wait we need to pray, focus on God’s promises, devote
ourselves in ministry and live in the present and not the future. In my
research I came across another blog of a single lady such as myself, by the
name of Micah Orendain and she wrote a letter to her future husband. I thought
that it was such a beautiful thing. So for this week I want to encourage you
ladies to write a letter to your future husband and when God sends Him, give
him that letter on your wedding day.
I love you all!
Daughter of the King
P.S. The letter by Micah
to her future husband is below.
God will not let you
look for another woman if he meant you for me. So go away if I’m not the one
for you. "Casting
all your care upon him; for he careth for you.” I Peter 5:7 (KJV)
Dear future husband,
Promise
me you’ll wait for me coz I’ll be saving all my love for you;). If you’re
impatient, you’re not worthy of my love, my whole person. You should also be
all the things I deserve for being such a good girl honey;), as you want me to
be all the things you deserve for being such a good man.
You are so blessed, I am
the King of Kings’ daughter and it ain’t easy to take me from my Father. You
have to ask me from Him, you should please him for your request and you should
do everything.
Don’t
be sad that you’re alone and nobody can hold your hand in your loneliness for
now because you are never alone and He’s holding you. He even knows it before
you get sad and could touch your heart, but not me, not a girl.
Temporary
flesh fulfillments (sexual sin) leaves a man feeling empty and will always
crave for more but will never be satisfied – not like what Jesus’ love only can
give. We thank Him that He’s our partner for life even before (and after) we
find each other and tie the knot.
So
cheer up for I’m just here, one day you’ll gonna love it. You’ll be the
happiest man on earth then, like me. He wants us to just live each day of our
life in His way, cherishing every blessing moments that’ll come our way, and
he’ll lead us to the path to each other.
Someday,
somewhere, together we’re gonna make it!;)
Don’t
go changing; God created you that way for me. Don’t wish to look better or
sexier; I want you just the way you are. I am imperfect just like you. But as I
am trying to be perfect like God my Father, you should also be like Him.
I
am excited to see you but I shouldn’t think of you always yet. Let’s set
ourselves on the present and fulfill each day in God’s will.
Bible Verses for the Week
“And he said unto them,
This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.” Mark 9:29 (KJV)
“Be careful for nothing;
but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your
requests be made known unto God.” Philippians 4:6 (KJV)
“And we know that all
things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called
according to his purpose. “Romans 8:28 (KJV)
“For I know the thoughts
that I think toward you, saith the Lord,
thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.” Jeremiah
29:11 (KJV)
“For the vision is yet
for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it
tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.” Habakkuk
2:3
“But I would have you
without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to
the Lord, how he may please the Lord: But he that is married careth for
the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife. There is
difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the
things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she
that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her
husband.” I Corinthians 7: 32-34 (KJV)
“Take therefore no
thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of
itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.” Matthew 6:34 (KJV)
Quote For the Week
“The Lord may delay His
promises, but He will never deny them.”
Unknown
Be blessed by “Promise”
by Jaci Velasquez
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