![]() When everyone else your age refuses to be tied down and resists being accountable, submit yourself to a body of believers. Joining a church is one of the most radically countercultural and spiritually beneficial things you can do in the not-yet-married life. You’re all dressed up, having every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places (Eph. With the Spirit in you and the calendar clear, God has given you the means to make a lasting difference for his kingdom. It has the potential to be a unique period of undivided devotion to Christ and undistracted ministry to others. A season of singleness is not the minor leagues of marriage. If God leads you to marry, you may never again know a time like the one you’re in right now. Life is short, and everything we have and see here is passing away. The earlier we answer the biggest questions about our life, though, the better we’ll answer all the smaller ones-like what we will study, where we will work, and whom we will marry. If we miss this, we risk wasting our lives running in wrong directions, pursuing pitiful dreams, and serving tiny gods. We’re raised, trained, and spent in a much smaller world, a world centered on ourselves and reaching only as far as we can see.īut God made you and me for far more than marriage, business, or whatever else we each might choose for ourselves. Most of us have a hard time really believing we were created by someone, and for something far bigger than ourselves. The Creator and Sustainer of the universe made each of us, and filled us, along with the other seven billion people on the planet, with a purpose. You have purpose regardless of your relationship status.Įvery single person on the planet was made to say something about God. It’s a high calling and a good calling but a demanding one that will keep us from all kinds of other good things. While marriage may bring joy, help, and relief in certain areas, it immediately multiplies our distractions, because we’re responsible for this other person, his or her needs, dreams, and growth. Marry if you must, but be warned that following Jesus is not easier when you join yourself to another sinner in a fallen world. Far from the solution, Paul (in 1 Corinthians 7) makes marriage out to be a kind of problematic Plan B for Christian life and ministry. Perhaps the greatest temptation in singleness is to assume marriage will meet our unmet needs, solve our weaknesses, organize our lives, and unleash our gifts. This article is part of the 10 Things You Should Know series. ![]()
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