Only Hope

Everyone wants to have that perfect relationship. The one who gives us everything we are hoping for in life. Someone to complete us or to mesh perfectly with our hopes, dreams and beliefs. Here are three easy steps you can take towards reaching that goal.

First, quit trying so hard. That seems like contrary advice here but it's really not. If God has someone in mind for you, you WILL meet them, you WILL find each other.

Second, be choosey. Recognize that all humans are flawed. There is no "perfect someone" out there. The only perfect person who ever lived was Jesus and He was God so . . . trust in the Lord!

Which brings us to the third step you can take in seeking that perfect relationship. Choose God first. Place God where you want your perfect someone to be. If you trust in the Lord completely there can never be any disappointment in your life. Then wait for the prefect one that God has for you.

Have you read the story about Isaac and Rebekah in the Bible? Isaac really had no part in choosing his wife at all. He never met her before they were married. Someone went and got her. Yet she was the perfect one - chosen by God.

And how did that person who was sent to find Rebekah know that she was the perfect one for Isaac? He prayed and asked God to verify who the bride was. And He did!

You say, "I HAVE prayed and God has not provided!" There are two possibilities here. Either God has not willed that you have anyone in your life OR you don't have enough patience and trust.

You see, also in the Book of Genesis, Sarah was getting old and wanted to have a child for Abraham. She prayed and nothing happened. Yet God heard her and HE made it happen . . . when HE wanted it to happen, not on Sarah's schedule. Sarah was not patient, but God was.

That perfect relationship awaits us all. It is with Jesus Christ. Some of us have already met Him and are enjoying that relationship today. Some haven't submitted themselves fully yet to His marriage proposal. I pray that they would do so.

And sadly, some never will have that relationship with Jesus. That good, and perfect relationship that will last forever and ever. That's not God's fault. He has been extremely patient in His waiting for each of us. But, unlike His love, His patience with our refusal to join Him in a relationship is not eternal. It has an end. And that end is coming soon.

Get on your knees today. Right now. And pray that God would come into your life. Tell Him how tired you are of the disappointment that your earthly relationships bring. Tell Him you want the kind of love that lasts forever. If you do that, that one prayer, God WILL hear you and He WILL give you the desires of your heart.

"1Do not fret because of evildoers,
Nor be envious of the workers of iniquity.
2For they shall soon be cut down like the grass,
And wither as the green herb.
3Trust in the Lord, and do good;
Dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness.
4Delight yourself also in the Lord,
And He shall give you the desires of your heart.
5Commit your way to the Lord,
Trust also in Him,
And He shall bring it to pass."

- Psalm 37:1-5

Only Hope - Mandy Moore