Deuteronomy 6:5
"Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength."
For so many years I have heard and said myself that I want to find "the one". The one that makes my heart skip a beat, and that I spend the rest of my days with. But God is clearly calling us to love him first, let him be the one. He is a jealous God the first commandment states 'You shall have no other gods before Me.' in other words nothing else should be a priority before him. No one else should take the number one spot.
Sometimes we feel like we will only be truly fulfilled when we find "the one " our future spouse or have kids. But to really be fulfilled in life you do have to find "the one" but God is "the one".
The fact is if we are pursuing marriage more than we are pursuing God than its idolatry. So many times I have put marriage in front of God trying to work it out on my own, not pursuing him or his plan. It has failed every time because my trust was not in him, and my complete focus was not on him.
In order to keep God as "our one" we have to be intentional with him. Planning time in our day to spend with him, and being in constant communication. The things we are obsessed with we think about all the time so become obsessed with God and be fixed on him.
Some may say "I want to be number one in my spouses life!" But when I think about my future husband, and being number two to him it gives me peace. Peace because I know if we both make God number one and each other number two we will be better for one another.We will be more patient, loving, and forgiving.
Seek God first always, make him your number one!
Matthew 6:33
"But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well."
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