If you've been single for a while, patiently waiting and praying for love and marriage you may experience moments of quietness and uncertainty.
You may not meet new potential soul mates very often or you're a woman who seldom dates. Not because you don't want to date, but because it seems as if you're living in "no-mans" land.
You know that land where all the men you run into seem already married or otherwise preoccupied. You're not approached or asked out often and it's really starting to take a toll on your self-esteem and your faith that God has a great husband out there for you.
Keep reading (this is part two of Sarita's Signature Talk series), I have some wonderful, assuring, and scripture-drenched encouragement for your heart!
GOD HAS YOU IN THE SAFE PART 2
ONE OF SARITA FOXWORTH'S SIGNATURE TALKS
If you are not dating or being asked out on dates and feel invisible at times, keep reading today's encouragement!
In Part 1 of this message, I gave you a great analogy of what is going on in your single season right, now:
God has you in The Safe with him... for a little while.
He does not want any man to come into your life that could potentially damage your heart and spirit. So he keeps you off-limits and hidden in him.
You might think this sucks because you want to be asked out on dates and experience the exciting novelty when someone shows a mutual interest in getting to know you better.
But trust me, it's better to wait on God and remain hidden in him. Remember the last time you let down your guard, compromised on what you really wanted in a relationship, and gave your heart to the wrong man? That is exactly my point.
Forcing your way out of The Safe as a means to "keep your options open" doesn't produce the blessed marriage you're praying for, Woman of God. And by forcing, I mean doing anything and possibly everything to meet and keep a man in your life. Shifting your mind and actions from the Lord to motives intent of marriage, no matter the cost.
Here are some scriptures to back up this train of thought
#1 There is a Hedge of Protection around you. Job 1:10. The Lord is protecting you from giving your heart to the wrong man, backsliding, and being deceived.
#2 The Lord is finishing the good work he started in you. Philippians 1:6. The Lord wants you to work on your relationship with him, growing spiritually, learning your purpose, calling and anointing, and knowing, loving, and embracing the woman that you are.
#3 The Lord has you in the school of Kingdom Wife Prep. Proverbs 31 and Genesis 2. He wants you to glean from the Proverbs 31 wife, Eve as the very first wife, and learn how he needs you to be a companion and helpmeet.
Look at it this way, if you were on a million dates every weekend, this protection would not be possible. You would be easily accessible. Instead of abiding in God's presence, you would be abiding in the presence of many different men.
But the Lord has made it easy for you to focus in this season on the Kingdom by keeping you off limits for the men who are NOT your husband from trying you on, fondling you, and damaging you..like costume jewelry.
You are much too valuable for that!
Quiet seasons are signs of what God would have us to focus on during the wait. Focus on your relationship with God. Your service to humanity. Raising your children and showing them what it looks like to have faith and patience, up close and personal. Focus on your ministry assignment and growing as a godly woman.
This season in The Safe should be beautiful. It's only temporary 😉.
Read PART 1 of this series here on the blog. Watch Sarita's classic video teaching on YouTube.
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