For men and women who have personal relationship with GOD, who looks unto GOD to guide them in making the right choice of the person to marry, this post is for them, but for those who don’t have personal relationship with GOD, the post may not make any meaning to them.
Some had argued that GOD doesn’t give wives to men any longer because the first man He gave a wife to, the man turned around to blame GOD when a problem arose.
See Genesis 3:9-12 Then the LORD God called to Adam and said to him, “Where are you?” So he said, “I heard your voice in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked, and I hid myself.”
And He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you that you should not eat?”
Then the man said, “The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate.”
According to some schools of thought, the responsibility of making the choice of who to marry is left for a man. See Proverbs 18:22 “He who finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor from the LORD”.
Yes, I agree that GOD doesn’t give out women as wives any longer, but he gives only prudent wives. Proverbs 19:14 “House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the LORD”.
So men who are in deep relationship with GOD, men who serve GOD in truth and spirit, such men, GOD gives them not only wives but prudent wives.
GOD gives prudent wives to men, wives that will help the men to fulfill their destinies in life most of whom are ministers of GOD.
GOD knows who we are and what HE has deposited in us, so HE knows a woman who is well fitted to compliment us. But I must point out, it is only those who are sincere and seek and desire from HIM that HE gives such wives.
Such men, GOD ensures that they don’t make a mistake in their choice of the woman to marry.
In going further, we will make use of two men as an example: First we shall look at Evangelist Billy Graham. If you read the biography of Billy Graham, you will observe that it was not the first woman he wanted to marry that he eventually got married to.
The first woman Billy desired to marry vehemently rejected or turned down his marriage proposal.
To me, I believe it was GOD that did not allow that first woman in Billy’s life because GOD knows that the woman will not compliment Billy as to fulfill his destiny of shaking the world with the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Do you think that Billy would have succeeded in his world evangelization if he had married that first woman?
The second person in our example is Bishop David Oyedepo of Winners Chapel International. According to available information, it was not the first woman that David Oyedepo engaged to marry that he eventually got married to.
Bishop Oyedepo left the first woman he wanted to marry because that woman was Oyedepo’s personal choice while GOD has his own choice in the person of Pastor Faith Oyedepo.
Today it is said that that the Christian life of that first woman Oyedepo wanted to marry is questionable while GOD is using the second person in the name of Faith Oyedepo to shake the world with the gospel.
What do you think would have happened if David Oyedepo had married that first woman that he wanted to marry?
Really God is the matchmaker for those who wish GOD to choose a wife for them. Also, I am a living example that God is really our matchmaker.
Today I am enjoying the best of time in my marriage, yet I wish to point out that it was not the first woman I wanted to marry that I got married to.
It was when the first lady broke the relationship that my eyes were opened to be able to see the woman I am currently married to. To me, it would never have been a better choice of the woman I am currently married to.
What I am trying to emphasize is about men and women who are devastated because men or women broke their relationship, relationships which they dreamed and had thought that it would have materialized into marriage.
For many, since that relationship ended, they have not recovered ever since but are carrying grudges, bitterness, and un-forgiveness against that person.
I wish to point out that as long as you are harboring that bitterness and un-forgiveness against that man or woman; your eyes may never open to see the rightful person the Lord has prepared for you.
Since GOD is our matchmaker, He has prepared for us a man or woman that will compliment us well.
It is said, it is when one door closes that your eyes could be opened to see other open doors.
To this end, it is dangerous to force open a door the Lord has closed. For instance, this was a real live story, in that story, a lady, a well committed Christian lady was so devastated because a man broke her heart by breaking his engagement with her.
The man abandoned her for another lady. Do you know that in less than a year, that man manifested a full blown AIDS and has equally infected his wife who has tested positive for HIV?
Looking at the above situation, won’t you think that it was GOD who rescued that lady? So I counsel you, instead of crying over a broken egg, you should be better off with a brand new egg that will serve your purpose.
In conclusion, if you are in a relationship with the Almighty GOD, pray and look unto him as your matchmaker. If you are a man serving Him, He will surely match you with a prudent wife.
Moreover, if you are a lady serving GOD, (a prudent woman), God will surely match you with a befitting man as a husband.
Until I come your way again, stay connected to GOD Almighty who is our matchmaker and HE will surely prove that he is a matchmaker by giving you a befitting husband or wife. Shalom.
