Dating....

hey seusters!!! Okay so this young man that is at Liberty with Tori that I vaguely knew because he worked at Grace last year wrote this and posted it on facebook....and i thought it was incredible and I want to hear what you think about it....

His name is Taylor Knight and he goes to Liberty University.....

For young Men in pursuit of young women.....

When the topic of “dating” according to how God would have us comes up, as we often do, we question where is that in the bible. Gods word never directly speaks into this, but he does paint a clear picture for marriage and what a husband should be for his wife. See that the bible has provided criteria and a plan for this as it is important and necessary. “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.” Genesis 2:24...From the beginning God created man and gave man a help mate, later in scripture God charged this to man and women for His glory, “Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything. Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. After all, no one ever hated his own body, but he feeds and cares for it, just as Christ does the church-for we are member of his body.” Ephesians 5:22. With this God has placed a great calling to both man and women toward one another for his glory and for our sanctification.

As the focus of the bible is marriage and all that it entails, so should ours. As we are in pursuit of a young lady we should be on careful lookout for the rare precious lady who is fulfilled by her Father. Dating casually is not acceptable nor is it pure. Proverbs 4:23 says “Above all else, guard your heart for it is the wellspring of life.” and to take lightly the love, affections, purity, and innocence of our sisters in Christ or our own would be foolish and destructive. Dating or courtship, what have you, was not intended to be a imitation of marriage but a pursuit of marriage. We must recognize the importance of finding the lady that we will literally spend the rest of our lives with, however not dwell or obsess about trying to find “the one for me.”

Live everyday in absolute devoted pursuit of God. Spend your time falling in love with Him, knowing His truth, and seeking His will, His way, and to further His kingdom for His glory. As if this is your priority and hearts desire in good timing God will bring by your side a help-mate suitable and blessed that you both may be one and continue your sanctification and Gods good work together till the end of days. When you do find her be the man God has called you to be and PURSUE her. If we have been given the authority and leadership to move on or end a relationship then we must take the initiative to do so. She won't wait forever and there are plenty of young men to choose from that will meet her needs. At the same time, if at this time in life you aren't ready or in circumstances to really be in a relationship (which is more common than we realize although we don't act on it) then don't stress and worry that she is going to escape you and all is lost. Once again we have fallen for the lie that there is one specific young women that was designed specifically for us and if we don't get her life won't be fulfilling. Jesus Christ is the ONLY thing necessary and ultimately fulfilling in our lives and the moment we choose to take our eyes off of Him in pursuit of anything less than Him we will suffer the consequences.

1 Timothy 4:15-16 “Be diligent in these matters; give yourself wholly to them, so that everyone may see your progress. Watch your life and doctrine closely. Persevere in them, because if you do, you will save both yourself and your hearers.”

This is my pursuit and the truth I will live by...