Be Patient!
"I suppose therefore that this is good because
of the present distress—that it is good for a
man to remain as he is."
1 Corinthians 7: 26
We’ve heard the advice: “Count to ten before doing/saying
anything you might regret later.” In other words, impulsive,
emotionally-based decisions or actions are fraught with
the possibility of
disappointment.
If that's true for everyday decisions, how much more may
it be true when making marriage plans? Patience is the
watchword when it comes to such life-changing
decisions.
The apostle Paul gave such advice to the Corinthian church
when
he wrote to them about marriage. He said, given the “present
distress,”
don’t make life-altering decisions. If you are single, remain single; if
you
are married, remain married. What was the “present distress” of
which
he wrote?
It could have been a sort of crisis in Corinth resulting in
hardship,
or it might have been simply the challenges of following Christ
in
an ungodly, antagonistic culture. In other words, sometimes life
presents enough “troubles” of its own without making drastic
changes impulsively. Marriage is good; singleness is
good.
Just be patient and seek the Lord’s will and timing.
This advice about marriage applies to all the
Christian
life: Be patient, seek the Lord, move deliberately
and
prayerfully.
"Don’t look around for
a life partner, look up."
Anonymous
