God’s Greatest Desire for the Dating Couple 

When we think about the dating relationship a number of thoughts come into the mind.   Recently listening to some high schools girls talking about their requirements for dating a guy, they came up with he has to be clean and he has to be sweet. It may not be very high standards but guys pay attention it is at least a good place to start! Take a shower and be nice and you are miles ahead of the competition.

So many dreams and desires are attached to the dating relationship that so often they crowd out the shouting of the Holy Spirit who is desperately leading in another direction. Personal dreams for the storybook romance that has the perfect ending of living happily ever after can shift your attention away from God’s leading. Parental dreams, which often turns into parental pressure, of finding a spouse and bringing in the long awaited grandchildren can easily distract a person from the will of God.

With all of the obvious distractions attached to the dating relationship, how can a person keep in tune with the will of God? I believe that the best way to avoid dating pitfalls is to live by one very important scriptural principle-to glorify God in all that we do. First Corinthians 6:19-20 tells us that we have been bought with a price and the end result is that we are to glorify our Savior.

Living by this principle answers so many dating questions. This also takes the relationship to a different plane. If you are living to please your God and glorify Him you find that the pressures of dating disappear. You may feel you have to make compromises to find a spouse. The Apostle Paul’s idea of living was found in Phil. 1:20.  Whether he lived or died Paul wanted to see Jesus Christ magnified in his life.

I believe that living by this principle of glorifying God also helps set up the proper dating standards. Does the activity glorify God? If not then run away. Your highest calling is to glorify God not satisfy the flesh.  By the way, if you are not helping the person that you are dating to glorify God then you are not fulfilling your proper responsibility either.  Jesus Christ has to be first place (Col 1:18) or you will never have the proper relationship with a person.

Dating is a tremendously exciting time is a person’s life. How it is handled can make all the difference in the world, an eternal success or a lifetime of misery.  Make sure that you are seeking the Glory of God.