Singleness...what do I say about it. It's a gift that I don't particularly want. It's something that I need. It would be easy if I were in a relationship or even married to make the other person my idol... Just like I have made marriage my idol. At the end of this year I will be 35 and this is what God has taught me.
The primary lesson is that God, Jesus Christ is preeminent.
Colossians 1:15-20 ESV
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities-all things were created through him and for him. And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together. And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent. For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.
Second, people cannot satisfy my restless soul.
Psalm 62:1-2,5-6,8 ESV
For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation. He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be greatly shaken.
For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence, for my hope is from him. He only is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be shaken.
Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your heart before him; God is a refuge for us. Selah
Third, unlike people, God's promises made in His word, shall come to pass.
2 Peter 1:4 ESV
by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire.
There is so much more to say about singleness and how God uses it to have us dependant and trust Him.
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