Last week, we started the interesting discussion on recognizing and harnessing your marital season. This week, I’m excited to continue the discussion with you as we move on to, harnessing your marital season.
If you haven’t read last week’s post yet, do well to do so before you continue reading so you’ll understand today’s post paper.
How Can I Harness my Marital Season?
Have you ever felt like helping God to do what He has promised you? I have been there many times!
Sometimes, it gets really tiring waiting for God to perfect what He’s doing behind the scenes, especially when you’re aware of your marital season and are eager to seize it. If you’re anything like me, you’d probably want to help God and speed things up. However, the most important action in harnessing your marital season is the ability to REST.
Yes. Relax and let God handle the rest after you have done your part by praying, believing and obeying any instruction He gives you.
You might even notice that the onset of your marital season is the best time to go on a man-cleanse (a period of staying off all forms of romantic relationship) so as to enter your next relationship with the right mindset and attitude about marriage. This is why having a deep and intimate relationship with God is expedient.
In the place of intimate fellowship, God reveals the secrets and details of our lives to us. So even if God does not reveal in clear specific details who your future spouse is, He’ll show you things about your purpose and future, which will guide you on the type of person to choose or accept as a future life partner. Hence, rather than focus on recognizing your future spouse, focus more on hearing the character and lifestyle changes that God may require you to make, to help you harness your marital season.
God is very interested in marriages and homes. So is the devil. This is why the devil is very interested in keeping us in the dark from marrying right – to the right person, at the right time, with the right skill and knowledge required for this God-ordained institution. Don’t let the devil derail you from possessing what is rightfully yours.
A good marriage is God’s desire for you and I. And we have an active role to play in becoming the right person for the right partner and being at the right place at the right time. Thankfully, all these can be settled in the place of prayer and obeying God’s instructions.
For instance, it is in the place of prayer that you’ll be able to discern if it is the devil that is orchestrating delay in your marital destiny, if it is your ignorance of your marital season or if it is God’s divine plan for you. A typical example of God’s divine plan in delay is the story of Zechariah and Elizabeth (Luke 1:5-25). The Bible records that both Zechariah and his wife, Elizabeth, were righteous and just before God. Yet, they remained barren till old age. No amount of prayer and fasting would have made them conceive John the Baptist sooner because God had already pre-ordained that John would be the forerunner of Jesus and he’d only be conceived and born three months before Christ.
I hope this helps you see that sometimes, it is not the devil, village people or you, that is causing the delay in your marital settlement. Nonetheless, it is in the place of prayer and intimacy with God that you’ll be able to discern which is which and then rest in God after you have done your part.
Next week, I’ll shed more light on how you can discern God’s will and voice. Till then, feel free to ask your questions in the comments.
Remember to stay safe and stay connected to the only source of true Love – GOD.
