Occupying through marriage 2

When Ruth left Moab, she was simply on her way to become a support system for her mother-in-law. We are never told that she thought, “I will meet a man there.” Her relocation was not motivated by a man or by marriage; it was motivated by loyalty and love for Naomi, to the extent that she denied her own gods to follow Naomi’s God.

Listen my people, anyone who can make you deny your God? Fear them. Anyone who says, “Let’s do ABC,” like Potiphar’s wife, is not a friend but a foe. Naomi, on the other hand, did not force Ruth into any compromise; Ruth chose that path herself. The best path EVER! She chose God, and once that choice was made, it was only a matter of time before God revealed what He does with those who choose Him. Occupying through marriage, part two. Welcome to the Yielded Center. It’s Worship Wednesday!

Probably many people who read this blog are either married or desire to be married. They say the most dangerous place to be is the place of a situationship where you are neither married nor truly single. Come out from among them. We function best in certainty. Why would God bring Eve to a man who seemed perfectly fine on his own? Adam had everything he needed; he even enjoyed companionship with God, so it was not about having someone to talk to.

The wisdom of God is far beyond our comprehension. God knew He would not be creating man from dust every time He wanted to add a new person to the earth imagine having to create from dust daily; wouldn’t that be a JOB! So God brought the woman to the man so that through their union they could occupy and fill the earth. People of God, a couple carries a mandate to occupy and fill the earth.

“Get married and have children; encourage your sons and daughters to get married and raise families. Flourish in your captivity, for you must increase and not decrease.” Jeremiah‬ ‭29‬:‭6‬ ‭TPT‬‬

https://bible.com/bible/1849/jer.29.6.TPT

Part of God’s plan to occupy is marriage and childbearing. Someone in a position of influence today is someone’s child. Let’s look at Esther: she was an orphan and a Jew, yet she joined the women who were being prepared to marry the king. She went through the process, did what was required, and understood that what she was stepping into was a seat of occupation , it was marriage, it was becoming queen. Every day she was being prepared for that position.

In the same way, many people today are being prepared for marriage and don’t even realise it. Instead of showing up for the “treatments,” they waste time in strange  relationships. Some people are in a treatment season receiving the oils, the care, the preparation (not literally, of course) without realising it is all meant to occupy the position of being someone’s wife or husband. Maybe that is why some of us stay in certain seasons for too long, we did not recognise what was required of us in that season.

Do you have a plan to occupy in your marriage? That means you intentionally plan to raise your children in godly ways. It means you plan to build a good and godly home. It means you purpose to confront your character flaws and deal with anything that could threaten or break your marriage. It means you choose to do marriage God’s way. My yielded people, marriage is beyond kissing and cuddling, beyond finally leaving your parents’ house, it is the plan of God, a kingdom, full proof plan designed for occupation and impact.

So get married. Find a good woman and marry; marry a kingdom man. The one you feel you must “change” is not the one to occupy with. The one you have a long list for of things you will do to “make them Christians” is not the one to even consider occupying with; that is a soul to evangelise, not a spouse to marry. The one still living for wild parties and entangled in the ways of the world is not the one to occupy with. Do not be unequally yoked with anyone. This is not about goosebumps; it is about purpose. “I feel butterflies in my tummy” is beautiful, but it is not reason enough to choose a spouse.

Consider the future, consider the children you will raise, and consider how you will occupy the earth with this person. Let me say this to you, if you are married, you must occupy. If you are single, you must occupy. I pray that you will never find yourself bound to someone who is not God’s will for you. So the next person who says “hi,” pause and consider the full proof plan of God to occupy, and ask yourself, can I occupy with this person? Can we truly agree? For can two walk together unless they are agreed?

I have something for you below that my friend sent me the other day.

Why shiver when you can marry and occupy? Anyways, if you read my blogs but have never met this  Wonderful Jesus that I’m always writing about,  you’d love to get to know Him, Or you know The Lord but have found yourself drifting far from Him, I would love to talk with you. Please send me an email  on yieldedcwcenter@gmail.com or simply comment, and I will reach out to you.