Singleness is NOT a curse
Psalms 119:9-11 says, “How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to your word. With my whole heart, I seek you; let me not wander from your commandments! I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.”
Today has been one of those days that I feel especially single, have you ever had one of those? Just a part of life that Satan likes to attack with jabs making you feel unloveable and unworthy. I mean obviously something is wrong with us right? Well I spoke on this yesterday, about how we should be content in our singleness, and how fitting that Satan likes to attack me with what I have been speaking on. One phrase that I said yesterday has stuck with me, and it is “you attract what you are” meaning, if you desire to be in a relationship with a Godly man then that Godly man is going to be looking for a Godly women. As a single woman, I want to leverage every moment for the Lord. One of those things is getting in scripture and meditating on it. It is so easy for us to compromise and not use our time correctly, and get distracted by the concept of a relationship.
The hard truth is, is that the habits you create now as a single woman, will be carried over into marriage (and this can apply to those in relationships as well). If you are not seeking the Lord and getting into His Word as a single woman, you will most likely not do it as a married woman. You see, often times we view singleness as a curse, but rather it is an opportunity. An opportunity to grow in your relationship with God, that way when a man comes along you will see how he reflects Jesus and you can discern what you should do. It says, how can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to your word. I love that. Guarding it. We are to guard our hearts (Proverbs 4:23), and guard our paths and the ways that we travel through sifting it through scripture. If we desire to be spirit-led women, we must first go to God’s Word because that is how He speaks to us.
Next it says, with my whole heart I will seek you, let me not wander away from your commandments. Man, how I wish I could say that every day I wholeheartedly seek Jesus. I do most of the time, but there are sometimes that I don’t do it as I should. I find that those are the times that I drift, because I am not living my life according to scripture. The way that we combat temptation is with Truth. Meaning, if we fill ourselves with scripture that’s what’s to come out when we are tempted. God has provided a way out, and that is through seeking Him through that rough time. Now desiring a relationship is not sinful, but it when we are not delighting in what we have that is the issue.
So tonight, devote your heart to being a woman of scripture. A woman who can combat temptation and any situation with the Word. I am devoting myself to that, because I know that it is scripture that can discern the thoughts and intentions of my heart (Hebrews 4:12-13). Oh how I need Jesus because I am prone to wander. I challenge you to dive into scripture tonight, and become to the type of person that you would want to attract.