Through Him

January 8

Max Lucado, prolific Christian writer of the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries is perhaps the most ‘quotable’ writer of his day. The profound truths he has penned can be placed alongside those of many esteemed Christian exegetes from his own or from any other generation.

One of the things he has said, which is acutely relevant in the lives of believers who are searching for a ‘soul mate’ states simple advice in undeniable truth. Lucado says, “A woman’s heart should be so hidden in God that a man has to seek Him just to find her.”

Wow! What an awesome thought! And it certainly is equally true for any man who is seeking a godly woman to love.

This bit of counsel flows directly from the admonition of the Apostle Paul, which is found in his discourse on love. The prolific Apostle tells us in I Corinthians 13:4-13 exactly what love is and what it is not. He says, “Love suffers long and is kind…love is not proud or unseemly; it does not vaunt itself and is not easily provoked …love does not gloat in sin but rejoices in truth…Love hopes, bears much…true love, rooted in God, does not fail…” And this is followed by his very clear directive in II Corinthians 6:14 that a believer in Christ, “Be not unequally yoked together with unbelievers, for what fellowship does righteousness have with unrighteousness; what communion has light with darkness?”

Jesus loves you. Let that glorious truth soak into your mind and into your heart and allow it to filter out anything that causes you so succumb to the lie of the evil one that a relationship with an unbeliever will result in his salvation and your godly marriage. Let it anchor you forever to the Savior in whose eyes you are so precious that Calvary was not too great a price for Him to pay to have you as His own precious one who will make up His Bride. The Lord expects every one of His own who is seeking a spouse to follow Max Lucado’s wise advice—your suitor is only suitable if he has first sought Jesus and then seeks you through Him.