You can’t have a pause and play relationship with God. you can’t separate your time with him, and the time you spend with other people because his time should be your time all the time. you should always be spending time with God and never leave his presence. his time and your time should never be a separate thing. if you’re pausing in your walk with God to chase after someone to make them like you then you should really stop. You shouldn’t be chasing after anyone, or anything more than you chase after God and His presence. if you like someone and they aren’t in God’s will. then you shouldn’t be chasing after them trying to get them to like you. it will lead you to being in a toxic relationship and it won’t last if God isn’t in the middle of it. staying in the presence of God is so much better then putting him on pause. if you stay in Gods presence and pray for him to bring friends and people into your life, then those will be the kind of people you don’t have to put God on pause to be with. You won’t have to make them like you because Godly people will love you because you put God first. it’s so worth the wait for God to bring you the right people in his timing. you have to be willing to wait and trust in Him and stay in his presence, and remember he is always there for you. he will never leave you or forsake you. he will help you through anything that your going through if you ask him to. you have to want his help, and ask for it. he isn’t going to force it on you. be open with God. in Psalms 46:1-2 it says God is our refuge and our strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea.” You have to be confident in God and fully trust in him. he needs to be in the midst of all your time. when you walk he’s with you, and in him you have joy. when you walk he’s with you and in him you will have peace. when you walk he’s with you and in him you will be able to truly love people. When you walk he’s with you, because your confidence is in him. you will be confident in who you can be that’s why you can’t put God on pause and then be mad at him because you don’t have peace and joy. you’re not confident in who you are because you’re not walking in his presence. Life would be so much better if we always put God first. If we will just live our lives always being in his presence.
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 says
“Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.”
Do you guys know the story of Samson in the Bible?¿?
Samson had everything that a man could desire but he was still always empty. Samson was anointed. The holy spirit of the living God rested upon Samson. Yet He continuously lived in the flesh. Samson was set apart at birth as a Nazarite, yet he lived his days as a enemy of God. Samson was a worrier chosen to fight for Israel. Yet he was a man who befriended the philistine Gods enemies. Samson was strong before men, but he was weak with women. Samson was a man who was chosen by God, yet he chose the world. How could a man so strong be so weak? In Judges 14:1-3 it says one day when Samson was in the Timnah, one of the Philistine women caught his eye. When he returned home, he told his father and mother “A young Philistine women in Timnah caught my eye. I want to marry her. Get her for me.” His father and mother objected. “Isn’t there even one women in our tribe or among all the Israelites you could marry?” They asked. “Why must you go to the pagan philistines to find a wife?” But Samson told his father, ” Get her for me! She looks good to me.” Samson was so taken by Delilahs beauty, that he wanted her and no one else. He was blinded by her beauty. In 1 peter 3:3-4 it says Don’t be concerned about the outward beauty of fancy hairstyles, expensive jewelry, or beautiful clothes. You should clothe yourselves instead with the beauty that comes from within, the unfading beauty of a gentile and quiet spirit, which is so precious to God.
We should not be blinded by people’s beauty and put our walk with God on pause because we see something we think we will like better. If you do you will have a rude awakening that God is truly the one to go after. If you want to avoid tragedy then learn a lesson from the story of Samson. Don’t date and don’t marry a unbeliever. Don’t be blinded by their beauty. There is a difference between love and lust. You have to understand that. Love sees a person from the inside out. love looks beyond the skin beyond the beauty love looks at the inner part of a person who they are what their character is like. Love sees from the inside out but lust looks from the outside in. Remember not everything that glitters is gold don’t be blinded by their beauty. Lust of the flesh is not in the father. Lust and love look totally different it’s important that we understand that. Love is selfless, love is putting somebody else’s needs above our own. Love is thinking about the other person. But lust is the complete opposite lust is selfish it’s only about yourself. Samson thought he was in love but really he was in lust. Not only was Samson blinded by her beauty, blinded by lust but he was also blinded by his feelings. In Judges 16:6-9 it says So Delilah said to Samson, “please tell me what makes you strong and what it would take to tie you up securely.” Samson replied, ” if I were tied up with seven new bowstrings that have not yet been dried, I would become as weak as anyone else.”
So the Philistine rulers brought Delilah seven new bowstring, and she tied Samson up with them. She had hidden some men in one of the inner rooms of her house, and she cried out, “Samson! The philistines have come to capture you!” But Samson snapped the bowstrings as a piece of string snaps when it is burned by a fire. So the secret of his strength was not discovered.
Samson was not just blinded by this women’s beauty but he was blinded by his feelings for her. He ignored the word of God to not marry foreign women. He ignored the voice of his parents. He ignored the voice of reason telling him not to go down this path not to make these mistakes. I need you to understand that not only will beauty blind you but your own feelings will blind you. Delilah was a bad woman she was a prostitute. She was literally asking him how she could tie him up where he wouldn’t be able to escape.
He was so blinded by his feelings. And when you’re blinded by your feelings you ignore all the red flags and warnings from God. She said how can I tie you up where you won’t be able to escape if that’s not a red flag then i don’t know what is. Your feelings will tell you to trust the wrong person you have to be aware of your feelings for they will deceive you. Not only did Delilah ask him one time but she asked him a second and a third time. Every time Samson kept trusting her and he kept believing. The first time he tells her use seven new bowstring that haven’t been dried and she actually does it she ties him up and tells him the philistines are coming and he broke free. And then the next night she asks him again. And the next night she asked him again. When your following your feelings instead of God you trust the wrong people. You believe everything they say instead of what God says. Delilah was a bad women but Samson, couldn’t see it because he was following his feelings. When you follow your feelings your promise will end in tragedy. There is a promise that God has spoken over your life There is A destiny that God has put before you and no one else on planet earth can take your place. Don’t sacrifice Gods promise and your destiny because your blinded by the looks of a unbeliever. Your blinded by your feelings for somebody that you know you shouldn’t be with. If you ignore God and follow your feelings instead of him your life will end in tragedy like Samson.
2 Corinthians 5:7 says For we walk by faith and not by sight.
We have to walk and live by faith. We have to walk through our lives while being in the word of God. And we have to trust this even when we don’t feel it. We don’t have time to play around.
2 Corinthians 6:14 it says Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?
Missionary dating doesn’t work.
Not every battle is yours to fight. You will never see someone in the Bible leading someone to Jesus through dating them.
If you love somebody that is a unbeliever instead of dating them you should be interceding for them. Pray for them you should be praying for their salvation. You should be inviting them to church. They need to live their spiritual life for him and not for you. I know that you think your strong and you can lead them to the father but remember these three chapters in the book of judges. Samson was the strongest man to ever live and even though he was strong before men he was weak in front of women. Samson the anointed one fell when he was in a relationship that didn’t have God in the middle of it and you will fall to if you put yourself in that place.
The Bible says not to be unequally yoked but we just treat that as a suggestion instead of a commandment. When you are saved you are born again so your old mind sets are no more the old you is gone. In Jesus all things are made new. That means that you see the world from one prospective but they are still seeing from the other prospective. Your world views are totally opposite. If you ignore the word of God then your promise might end as tragedy just like Samson. The living don’t date the dead. You are alive you are a knew creation in Christ Jesus. Don’t desire Delilah more than God.
Delilah was a idol to Samson she was his priority she had his focus. She had his heart. Delilah became the idol of Samson’s life. A idol is anything you love more than God. An idol is anything you focus on more than God. We live in the land of idols we love everything and we put everything before God. In Romans 1:25 it says They traded the truth about God for a lie. So they worshipped and served the things God created instead of the creator himself, who is worthy of eternal praise! Amen.
Don’t let yourself fall into a love for the things of this life so much so that you neglect the one who is the author of life. All creation points to him but it can also point away from him and distract you from him if you allow it. Anything that you focus on mare then God can become a idol. The Bible says that Samson loved Delilah but it didn’t say she loved him back. You can love you idol but you idol probably won’t love you back. You can love the world but the world won’t love you back. It’s going to be a one way street. The world is all about consuming you. If you love anything more then you love God your promise will end in tragedy. We say that we love God but do we really love him?
We say we desire God but do we really?
We all say we “want” God but do we rally mean it?
In Revelations 3:15-20 says
“I know all the thing you do, that you are nether hot nor cold. I wish that you were one or the other! But since you are like lukewarm water, neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth! You say, “I am rich I have everything I want. I don’t need a thing!” And you don’t realize that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked. So I advise you to buy gold from me gold that has been purified by fire. Then you will be rich. Also buy white garment from me so you will not be ashamed by your nakedness, and ointment for your eyes so you will be able to see. I correct and discipline everyone I love. So be diligent and turn from your indifference. ” look I stand at the door and knock. If you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in, and we will share a meal together as friends.
Jesus is telling you like it is. You need to desire him the most out of everything. Ask yourself if God is really number one in your life if you desire him more than anything else.
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