"HOW DO I KNOW?" - CHAPTER ONE CONTD..

Oopsss! The weekend is here… Oh my my!  No, I would not let the week go without posting a piece of the book we have been enjoying.  Seriously, the week has been so busy and when you/you have live/lived in Lagos, Nigeria…then you can really feel me.  Let’s get right into business, as we proceed with the continuation of chapter one.  Hopefully, we’ll have a bit of chapter two also.

Thanks to my amiable e-readers.  Though your comments are not on the blog (which I would have loved), I really appreciate your words of encouragement and the honest truth that you are enjoying every bit of this book.  Thanks and God bless!

CHAPTER ONE contd....

·        The purpose of the choice: After God created Adam, He gave him work to do in the Garden of Eden (to name the animals and watch over everything in the Garden) before God felt he needed a helper. Before the idea of a helper came, there was already an assignment/purpose for Adam’s existence. In fact, the nature of the assignment led to the idea of a helper and this also influenced the choice of the helper. Looking at the makeup of the animals and comparing it with his purpose, Adam knew that he needed something much more than what he had seen so far.

God saw a need in Adam’s life and provided a solution to it. Adam understood the need in his life, so he knew that his choice should serve the purpose of that need. When he looked at all the animals with the eyes of his “need”, he couldn’t find anyone that matched him – a helpmeet.

A good understanding of what marriage is all about will guide your choice of a spouse. Your reason for desiring marriage will determine the type of person you will agree to marry. Your in-depth understanding of the purpose of marriage will be reflected in your marital choice. There are several reasons why people get married these days: sex, procreation, companionship, beauty, status, fame, age, etc.

The great news here is that these reasons determine the survival of such homes built on them. After a while, when such homes start to face challenges, the purpose of the marriage gets tested and because it’s not strong enough to sustain them, the home breaks. Why are you making that choice?  When your reason for making that marital choice is based on your purpose in life; what God would have you do in this world (to love and influence your world, raise godly children that will make a difference in their world, purposeful use of your talents and gifting to build and not to destroy), then your marriage will last forever because there's no end to a life of purpose.

Chapter summary

Before Adam saw Eve, he had an idea of what she should look like, so when he didn’t find his idea in any of the animals, he went back to his work. This moved God to form Eve. That is how powerful our choice is. It is based on our understanding of who we are and why we need that choice. The reason why you need the choice will make you know who to choose; and who you know yourself to be will make you know what you deserve.

CHAPTER TWO

THE MAKING PROCESS

“He was using his hands to make a pot from clay, but something went wrong with it. So he used that clay to make another pot the way he wanted it to be” ¹.

                                                                                                   

As I wrote this chapter, I meditated on one of my Dad’s favourite songs:

“Have thine own way Lord, have thine own way, thou art the potter, I am the clay; mould me and make me after thy will, while I am waiting yielded and still.”

It is the Potter’s (God) duty to make the Clay (us) into whatever suits Him, as long as the clay remains in the hands of the potter. We are all like clay in God’s hands² and are in the process of being made into his intention for our lives in order to conform to our purposes in Him. Our processes differ and that’s why our challenges and successes differ, so our responsibility is to make ourselves available to God to take us through the “making” process. 

REFERENCES

CHAPTER TWO

   1.     Jeremiah 18:4 (New Century Version)

   2.     Jeremiah 18:6b (New Living Translation)

 That's all we have for this week dear readers.  Till we meet again next week, keep enjoying God!! Please, don't ever forget that your process differs from mine, so also your challenges...but all is to "make" you into God's original intention for you.

God bless you!