Psalms 78:70-72 ...."He chose David also his servant and took him from the sheepfolds: From following the ewes great with young, he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance....So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart"
A few weeks ago, I was holding a baby and walking past someone they made the comment "Once a babysitter, always a babysitter...kinda like always a bridesmaid, never a bride".....I just smiled and walked away with no reply. Now a few years ago, such an intentionally hurtful remark would have sent me into a serious depression. That night all I felt was compassion and empathy for someone who, just doesnt understand the principles of preparation.
I have learned that if you TRUST God with your future, He always has a plan. He is trying to prepare you for your destiny with each situation, that He entrusts you with. The Bible says that God had been keeping watch over David while he was just a "shephard boy" tending to the sheep out in the far pastures. God saw the integrity of his heart and the attentiveness that he showed the animals dependant upon him. God had been carefully preparing him for the things David would later encounter. In I Samuel 17: 34-37 David describes how a lion and a bear attacked one of the sheep in his care and he selflessly fought them to save his sheep. He knew from that experience, that God had prepared him to face the Giant, Goliath.
Dont begrudge the seemingly little things that God entrusts you with today, He may simply be watching to see how you take care of those things. He may be trying to equip you to face YOUR Giants to come, knowing you will need the confidence to go down to that valley equipped with only 5 stones and the knowledge that God has surely delivered you before, He will deliver you again! If you cannot pass the small tests that He brings your way, how can He trust you with more responsibilities and the possible trials that come along with ministry?
If you want to better yourself, find someone in need and serve them. God is watching and he cannot propel you and prosper you, if He cannot trust you with the "small" things!
To all my single friends...I Samuel 16:7 "But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh upon the heart." If you are looking to find a mate, follow the Lords example, look for someone who has integrity in the little things, someone who has a heart after the things of God, who is willing to serve the ministry. Also if you are looking to find a mate BE someone of integrity.
I have heard it said many times, you can always tell the character of a man, by how he treats those that can do absolutely nothing for him in return. I dont know about you, but I intend to make the most of my "Training Days" ...God has entrusted each of us with SOMETHING, how are you taking care of the "little things"?
I agree with you. God has chosen certain tasks or trusted us with jobs/ministries to build within us integrity, trust, faithfulness, and maturity. Whatever that my be, childcare or cleaning the church we do the best we can and do it with integrity. I say, stay single until God brings the right one. You will know. As for me I am waiting this time. God may never allow me to have a mate again but He will supply my needs. Love you, Lisa C.
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