You must be mature physically, emotionally, and psychologically. The Bible did not say, “Therefore, shall a boy or a girl leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife.” Marriage is for mature men and women. Boys and girls are not ready for marriage.
You must be mature materially. You must have a job, a business or a trade. A man who is still sleeping on a mat in his father’s living room is not ready for marriage. A lady who has nothing doing is not prepared for marriage. Both partners must have a good source of income that will sustain the marriage and cope with the financial responsibilities involved in marriage.
You must also be spiritually mature before going into marriage. You must get yourself to a spiritual level where, at least, you will be able to pray and know whether God is saying Yes or No. The issue of marriage is so important that if it makes you a prayer warrior, it is alright. When you listen to the stories of other people, you will discover that no price can be too costly to pay in the area of prayer.
Some years ago, a man grabbed his wife, gave her a razor blade and asked her to cut herself to get some blood from her body. Initially, the woman was reluctant saying, “Why must I do so.” The husband shouted at her, “You better do it now or else I will kill you.” The woman quickly went ahead to make incisions on her body, not knowing what next to expect. The man took the blade from her hand and cut himself. He ran to the kitchen and brought a cup with which he collected some blood from her body as well as from his. He diluted the blood with wine and demanded that both of them should drink the concoction.
The woman was so afraid that she had to close her eyes to drink the mixture of blood and wine. The man also took a sip. He turned to her and said: “With this blood covenant, you are no longer free to have anything to do with any other man throughout your life. If you do so, it is instant death.” Unfortunately, the man died in a ghastly motor accident. The woman was not able to marry again because she had formed a powerful blood covenant with her late husband. She lived the rest of her life in misery and woe. She became a prisoner of a powerful blood covenant.
I pity ladies who enter into covenant with men who are not even committed to them in marriage. People also go into covenant by saying, “I love you, I will never leave you. If I leave you, let terrible things happen to me.” Such statements are hidden covenants. If you breach them, you will reap the consequences.
shalom!
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