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09-10-07, 01:47 PM
Part 3
In the first two chapters of Genesis we read about the creation account. I believe there are some key principles of courtship found in this account. The bible says that God created Adam and put him in a garden, alone. Every day God would come visit Adam and walk with him in the cool of the day. God was building a love relationship between Adam and Himself. As we read on we see that God looked on Adam and decided that it was not good for man to be alone. This is shocking news! Did God make a mistake and forget to create a partner for Adam? Certainly not! God does not make mistakes and everything He does has a purpose.
So what was His reason for not creating a partner for Adam right away? I believe it was because God is a jealous God (Deuteronomy 5:9) and He wanted to make sure that Adams first love was set on Him alone. That is why God walked with Adam everyday, building a mutual love relationship between them. This is an important principle of courtship. God will not bring His chosen partner to you until your affections have been committed to Him first. Only after God saw that Adam loved Him above all else did God say that it was not good for man to be alone.
God decided to do now what He had already planned; He made a partner that was just for Adam and no one else. Then He brought her to him. God did not create ten women and give Adam a choice. Nor did He create ten women and tell Adam to try each one out and see which one he was most compatible with or which one was the most attractive. He created one woman who was created just for him. Then, according to Genesis 2:22, He brought her to the man. Notice the fact that Adam was not looking for a partner. Adam was completely satisfied with his relationship with God, and Adams eyes were fixed on God alone.
Just like the man who found the quarter on the way to his destination, so Adam woke up and found that God had brought a partner to him. This is a divine principle. God intentionally created us without partners, knowing full well whom He planned for us to eventually be with, so that we could develop a deep relationship of love with Him first. Once He feels that He is the number one love in our life, then He will bring His divinely predestined partner to us. This was Gods way at the beginning and it is Gods way today!
Who I am hates who I've been..Washed in his blood
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