TIME ALONE
Being alone, unattached, single, according to I Corinthians 7, gives a person the opportunity to be “concerned about the Lord’s affairs, how he can please the Lord,” and be “devoted to the Lord in both body and spirit.” The time before we marry should not be wasted since it may well be the time God uses to prepare for marriage. For what is more important in marriage than knowing how to please the Lord? The Lord is pleased when we are obedient. And according to His Word we learn this best when we are alone.
What are the things we learn when we are alone that serve us in our future marriage and as the Bride of Christ? At the urging of the Holy Spirit, who leads us into all truth, we can learn about ourselves. We are all afflicted with an inability to see ourselves accurately. We carry with us all of the personal characteristics that threaten to cause difficulties in marriage. These personal flaws are alive and well by the time we are marriageable age. The kinks in our character, as well as our sinful adaptations to our past have already been formed. We live easily with them as single women. When we consider marriage we must choose to allow the light of the Holy Spirit to expose them. If we skip this step these flaws will be revealed as we try to live in intimate relationship with our spouse and children. In our time alone, with prayer and submission, our short-comings will gradually be exposed so that we can seek the Lord’s will in removing them. This humbling process prepares us to be better wives if only by making us more patient with the flaws of others.
First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye. (Matthew 7:5NIV)
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