Strength for Singles - Lessons From SampsonSample

DAY 2: PERSON

You shouldn't have to choose between a person or a purpose. I believe God wants us to have both. As Jesus says in John 10:10 “I have come to give you life, and life to the full.”

When it comes to God—who remember is the author and creator of life—people often look at His guidance for us or commands to us as rules that are just restricting our fun. I cannot tell you how far from the truth this is. Simply put—He is a good father, who knows the plans He has for us and knows what's best for us. He also knows our nature is to reach for what won't ultimately be good for us.

Side note: Anybody remember back in the garden of Eden, there was that one tree amongst alllll the rest of amazing trees that humans were free to eat from and yet they just had to have the one thing that wasn’t meant for them? Come on, let's finally learn this lesson.

God has good plans for your life and he knows what's best. He knows who will help you along the way, support you, encourage you and vice versa. He also knows who or what will harm you, distract or detour you and ultimately discourage you—even if they look good—like that apple.

Sampson fell into this same trap. In Judges 14:3, even though he was not supposed to marry a philistine woman from an opposing faith, he literally told his parents to “go get her for me—she looks good.”

For anyone who says they are a follower of Jesus, a believer who wants to walk in God’s purposes; the Bible is clear about who we should be in a relationship with. Those who are walking in the same direction of us spiritually.

Read 2 Corinthians 6:14-18

Bottom line. If you are a Christian—date other Christians, marry a Christian. It’s never supposed to be all about our feelings, in fact if we were to live by our feelings most of us would destroy our own lives. The world says “follow your heart,” Jesus says “guard your heart” + “follow me.”

If you want to fulfill your purpose, are you willing to follow His path? The person you are meant to be with won’t be hard to find. How do I know? Because they will be walking in the same direction you are, headed to the same destination. It's only a matter of time if you are willing to wait.