Equally Yoked

So what do you do if you meet someone who seems like a great potential. They are generous, they are kind, they are funny, they have a promising career, they do the things you like to do...BUT they are not on the same spiritual level as you?

This had been running through my head for the past week. The earthy female inside me wants to just go for it and finally have a nice boyfriend; but there is still that foundation inside me that says no this is not what i want for you. I know in my head that we should be equally yoked, have the same spiritual levels etc, but I still didn't fully have a way of expressing it. So today I searched for answers in the Word. (It's crazy how as soon as you learn it from Jesus or the Word it is completely clear and you no longer have trouble in your mind of what to do.)

Yoke= to join together//bind//join

Genesis 2:24

For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.

Deuteronomy 7:3-4

You must not intermarry with them. Do not let your daughters and sons marry their sons and daughters, ⁴ for they will lead your children away from me to worship other gods. Then the anger of the Lord will burn against you, and he will quickly destroy you.

1 Corinthians 11:3

But there is one thing I want you to know: The head of every man is Christ, the head of woman is man, and the head of Christ is God

2 Corinthians 6:14-17

Don’t team up with those who are unbelievers. How can righteousness be a partner with wickedness? How can light live with darkness? ¹⁵ What harmony can there be between Christ and the devil? How can a believer be a partner with an unbeliever? ¹⁶ And what union can there be between God’s temple and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God said:

“I will live in them
and walk among them.
I will be their God,
and they will be my people.
¹⁷ Therefore, come out from among unbelievers,
and separate yourselves from them, says the Lord.
Don’t touch their filthy things,
and I will welcome you.

Ephesians 5:25-27

For husbands, this means love your wives, just as Christ loved the church. He gave up his life for her ²⁶ to make her holy and clean, washed by the cleansing of God’s word.²⁷ He did this to present her to himself as a glorious church without a spot or wrinkle or any other blemish. Instead, she will be holy and without fault.

So what I get from this is that Jesus wants us to be able to fully worship Him and live for Him first so that when man and woman join as one they are equally living out Gods word and being a light to everyone together. There cannot be a division of spirituality between man and women. Going through this in one short week sure has taught me a lot on patience. The two things I struggle with the most are impatience and stubbornness. Knowing why I am waiting on the Lord for 'the perfect person' makes me able to wait 20 years if I have to. I would rather be single living my life for God than to hurry God and just go into a relationship with the wrong person and have that huge distraction from God.

So Lord I pray that I wait for someone who will only help me in my faith, that will lead me spiritually towards your kingdom, someone who will love you more than me, and live his life the way you called him to. I will not settle, I will wait on you Lord for I know your plans are great and worth waiting for. I pray that as I wait I use that time wisely. I use it to grow closer to you, stronger in my faith, start living my life more for you and less for me, so that when the time comes that I meet my husband I will have a strong foundation that won't be compromised by the distraction of another person in my life.