God is Preparing You

“But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.” James 1:4

This Father’s Day had some of us wondering where is God’s man for me? Where is God’s leader for me and my children? Where is my Boaz, my Mr. Right and my knight in shining armor? When we are waiting, it can seem like it’s taking an eternity. We’ve made plans and the delay is messing with our plans, because in our minds, we were supposed to be married by now. We were supposed to be celebrating anniversaries in Hawaii by now. So how does God respond? He says the same thing He’s been saying to His daughters since the beginning, “Rest in Me and wait patiently for Me (see Psalm 37:7). No good thing will I withhold from those who walk uprightly (see Psalms 84:11).”

The bottomline, my sister, is God is preparing you. You may think God is moving too slow, but you are right on schedule. Let Him continue healing you, enriching you, growing you, refining you and adorning you. He is getting you ready and preparing you like Esther. He will present you to your king in His perfect timing and in His perfect way. Marriage is serious business that you will have to be physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually ready and equipped to handle.

The job of a man isn’t to fill a void in your life or complete you. You are complete in God through Jesus. The Lord is the only one who satisfies you to the core of your being. Impatience can cause us to fall for the imitation that often comes before the real thing. But I prophesy to you that in God’s perfect timing, you will receive someone with a different spirit like Joshua. Someone with a heart for God like David. Someone who will fit you like a hand in glove, who will be your bestfriend and your greatest source of support and encouragement in good times and bad. You will receive someone you can be yourself around and who pushes you to be all God called you to be. God is going to give you someone who loves the Lord more than he loves you and who loves you more than he loves himself. He will cherish you and treat you like the treasure you are.

No matter what your past has been and no matter how many children you may have, you will receive God’s man for you. Jesus saw you as worth dying for, God has a man who will see you as worth marrying and caring for.

Prayer: Father God, thank you for encouraging me. You love me and only want the best for me. I believe I am ready to be a wife to the man you have for me, but help me wait on your perfect timing. Prepare me in every area to be a great blessing to him and help me recognize when you bring him into my life. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

(Read Colossians 2:10; 1 Peter 3:3-4; 1 Corinthians 2:9-10; 1 Corinthians 7:34)