Is it ok to have a projected time limit on hoping for marriage?

Here is a very, very serious question, and it's implications are so far reaching that it could be affecting the situation you are in right now.

Have you asked the Lord about the career path you are on? Have you asked Him what He wanted you to do with your life? I'm not talking about what your parents suggested or you being in a career you are "good" at. What I am talking about is has the Lord expressed His will for you in your life? I have learned with the Lord, virtually all of the time we think we know what we want in life, but the truth is, we don't.

What I am saying is, this is something that is important to you, but sometimes the Lord allows seasons in our lives to get our attention. Do you know without a shadow of doubt that you are on the right path? That will determine whether or not your hubby is even going to meet you. When we read the Word we often see that the Lord has provision that only comes when you are walking in His will. Like Elijah for example, if he went to any other place than to the widow during the drought, he would have died from starvation.

If you are on the right path, then delight yourself in the Lord and wait and he will give you the true desires of your heart (that may very well be a husband but how and where are dependent on your walk).

I believe it is wrong to give him a time limit. You cannot put time limits on Him. He is a master strategist and he is positioning you for what He wants. We don't know what we want until He shows it to us. So I say do some deep introspection and ask the Lord to reveal to you if you are doing the right thing here with your career.

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