No 12

(Help for Those Who Walk Alone)

Recent figures indicate that 50 million adults living in North America are single. Expressed in percentages, the numbers are : 25% of all males and 35% of all females are walking through life alone. That’s a lot of people; so how can a person know for sure what God wants for their lives? We have touched on this before so this is sort of a follow-up. The answer to the above question is quite simple : We can do whatever we want as long as we remain within the parameters of the following three verses of Scripture :

1 Thessalonians 4 : 3

“For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication”.

1 Thessalonians 5 : 18

“In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you”.

1 Peter 2 : 15

“For so is the will of God that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men”.

In all honesty, this is easier said than done but if we put these verses of Scripture to practice in our lives, the Lord will bless any action we wish to undertake; these principles apply to everyone, not just singles. We want to get married? Fine! We want to remain single? Fine! We want to go into the mission field? Fine! Just do what is good, avoid impurities and give thanks to the Lord in all things. The Lord only wants what is best for our lives and He gave us His Word as a guide. The Bible is only a compass for our lives, not a map.