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These are the amazing things I learned from Bro. Eli Soriano's teaching on the above-mentioned topic in addition to my own personal research as well.
A relationship is a very sensitive issue and the moment we get it wrong from the basis, it gets harder and only by God's mercy and grace can we come out of it and that is why it is important to get it right. The Bible is detailed and it contains every aspect of our lives. We can read the thought of God in His word and then apply it to our lives. It is practical and we should take it to heart.
God wants the best for us and that involves every aspect of our lives. We seem to always go into a relationship with different kinds of expectations without taking thought about being prudent. If you find someone that is not prudent, whatever it is you think you have amassed would take you back to ground zero and your spouse should build you up and not tear you apart. He who finds a wife finds a good thing not a bad thing and the same can be said for our women too, they should know they got a good thing when they get a good husband. It should be mutual and that is what God expects.
Proverbs 19:14 (NIV)
Houses and wealth are inherited from parents, but a prudent wife is from the Lord.
What God desires for you as a man or as a woman is a prudent partner. I know a lot of thoughts would now be tilting towards being stingy or being a miser. This has nothing to do with it. We need to broaden our horizon or scope to understand what it means to be prudent.
According to the dictionary, being prudent means acting with or showing care and thought for the future. Haven't you heard that you cannot feature in a future that you cannot picture?
We should always have thoughts for the future. If your partner isn't thinking about the future then there is no way God is leading you in that direction. Often times we wander in the direction we want to go rather than the one God is leading us to. Most people go into a relationship with their heart rather than their head with the guidance of the Holy Spirit. What God wants for us is a prudent partner that would have care and thoughts about the future.
In money matters, he or she knows better not to spend it all now but to save for the future. On food, you don't keep gulping it all down because you think you won't have anything to eat for later. You save things for later and that is wisdom.
Remember the story of the Manna in the Bible when the Israelites were in the wilderness? God would give them more than the day's portion before Sabbath and He asked them to save it for Sabbath. We can pick wisdom from here to apply it into our lives if we want to be prudent. We can should always save for the future and think about the future.
Giving this practical example is to make us understand it and relate to it. God is leading us in a spiritual perspective of things too. Why would He want for you someone who isn't prudent? - Someone who isn't even thinking of the future with you in it? With your conversation with your boyfriend or girlfriend, you should be able to know if he or she has a thought for the future and with you in it.
1 Corinthians 1:19 (NIV)
For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.”
We often think we have everything under control without seeking the face of God when all He wants for us is the best. He said He will bring to nothing the understanding of those who think they are prudent.
Wait for your time. Love is worth waiting for. Love can come at the most unexpected places and can also come at the most unexpected time of your life too. If you noticed your partner is not the one with the thought for the future, find your way out and let God lead you. There is no shame in waiting for love. Most people rush it and take no care for how their partner is and then turn to blame God for the choice of partner which He didn't force them to take in the first place.
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