"Do not give
dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may
trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces."Ask and it
will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened
to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one
who knocks, the door will be opened.
Men are always
saying that women don’t know what they want, but the truth is we may sometimes
not know exactly what we want, but we do know what we don’t want. That is an
absolute fact. If we say we want someone who loves God, we don’t mean that we
want someone who believes in God, but someone who has a relationship with God. There is a difference. In this day and age there is a lot of I don't believe in organized religion, I don't go to church, but I believe in God and some parts of the bible. Exclude the parts where I have to live right. It’s a big red-flag when the first thing a man says when you get on the topic of
church background, beliefs, etc. is that he believes in God and that is pretty
much the circumference of his position on the matter….umm, most Godly women are
going to shut down at that point, smile for the remainder of the conversation
and will not be taking any more calls from you. That’s just real right there. But I didn't stop by to talk about that today, I just wanted to put that out there.
Most of us,
however, do have this list whether in our heads, in our hearts, or written down
on paper that we would like God to hook us up with. The reality is though that most women
of God just really want someone who gets them, will love them, treat them with
respect, and take care of them. I don’t doubt that some physical attraction
needs to be thrown in there as well; after all, nobody wants to wake up every
day to someone who just does not give you goose bumps every time you look at
them and makes your heart smile.
Women of God we
have been told so often that since our options are fewer that we should take what we
can get, but fortunately for us, God never said that. It’s our girlfriends,
sisters, kinfolk, etc who are telling us these things. But the Lord said, ask
and it SHALL be given unto you and he said SEEK and ye SHALL find, and knock
and the door SHALL be opened unto you. Now, what is God talking about here?
Let’s go back to verse 6, so we can interpret it correctly. In verse 6, it
says, “Do not give dogs what is sacred, do not throw your pearls to pigs. If
you do, they may trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to
pieces. So, to
interpret verse 7 we must understand that the Lord is telling us that there is
something special about who we are and because of that we have to be careful
about our value being compromised. Don't give what is valuable away to someone who is not worthy of receiving such a gift. The Lord is instructing us not to settle for
foolishness or something that is under our value.
When we settle for things
under our value it does not know or understand the value of what it has. So,
instead of treating it like a treasure it treats it like something that is
valueless. Pigs do not value anything thrown into the pen; they just devour it,
lay in it, and trample it. That’s what people do who don’t understand the woman
of God you are. They do not have the grace to love and honor you for the
treasure that you are. This is why the Lord said, “Do not throw your
wonderfulness to something that isn't worthy of who you are”. So, instead of giving yourself to
foolishness, he says to ask, seek, and knock in verse 7.
God wants to give
us our hearts desire. If we "would learn to" delight ourselves in him, he will give us the
desires of our heart (Ps 37:4). If it was not his
desire to give us our heart’s desire, then he would not have told us to ask and
he would not have said to delight ourselves in him and he would. Why would God tell us to ask only to
deny us our hearts desire? Matthew 7:8 says “for everyone who asks
receives; the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be
opened”. So, he (God) is
not in the business of only blessing a select few. He does not only bless those
who sit in the high places. He is not only blessing those who have mega
churches and ministries, but he said to everyone who asks receives. I think we
can safely say we are included in the everyone. God wants to bless you and give
you your wants and desires.
Mark 11:22-24
“Have faith in God,” Jesus
answered. Truly I tell you, if
anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not
doubt in their heart but believes that what they say will happen, it will be
done for them. Therefore I tell
you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it
will be yours.”
He
does not want you to settle for what even the dogs reject. He said, “Whatever”
you ask. Not, just cars, houses, clothes, stuff, but whatever you want. He said
to ask. You do not have to settle for something or someone less than who God
has for you and who your heart desires. He said you can command the mountain to
come down and it will. He’s given you authority to speak and declare things in
your life. What are you waiting for? If you can believe that all things are
possible and you will ask him and believe that you receive it, then you CAN
have it. Now, just because it doesn't come the week after next doesn't mean
that God didn't hear you or that he’s withholding it from you. It just means
that the “whatever” is being processed for his daughter.
Now, the
Lord is not in the business of snatching somebody else’ man just to give him to
you, but there are some marriages that God didn't put together, so your wait
just may be because God is busting up some foolishness that he allowed. To
fulfill somebody's purpose and destiny he is closing the door on some relationships that should never
have been. He is shutting down some stuff right now and people are just walking
away because God didn't ordain some of this stuff. You don’t even understand
why you waiting so long, but God is doing something and up to something. God
wants to give you the one that your heart is craving for. Someone who is going
to love and treat you like the woman of God that you are and do you good all
the days of your life.
So many
times we cast our pearls before the swine because we feel our choices are
limited. But the fact of the matter is there is only one option for you, so the
choices’ being limited does not matter. We are not looking for a large playing
field we are only looking for the one that is designated just for us. With so
many single women available in the church, I feel, it creates more confusion
for a man, prolongs his ability to focus his heart and mind on one woman and
keeps him single longer. Too many options limit you more than fewer options. It really shows us early on when a man
can’t focus specifically on you and make you a priority then he is not the one
for you. That’s what too many choices do. I can safely say that as a single
woman having been asked out to dinner on a continuous basis that too many
options are far worse than fewer options. The devil will have you dazed and
confused and everybody wants to tell a good woman she’s their wife. Saying no
thank you has become my mantra, amen.
What I
want you to gain from this post is that God wants to fulfill your heart’s
desire. He wants you to have what you want. He does not want you to accept
something or someone who does not have the capacity or grace to treat you in
the manner that you as a daughter of Zion
Adopting
a motto of “no pigs allowed” will benefit you greatly in your walk. When you
let pigs in your space they have no respect for you or your stuff, they just
tear things up. If you've ever been to a farm and look into a pig pen, I promise you that it is not a
pretty sight. It’s not clean, tidy, or a good place. Pigs are omnivores,
meaning they will eat anything. If you fall into a pen, a pig doesn't care that
you’re pretty, precious, or wonderful. It will tear you to shreds and eat you
up. That’s what pigs do. They look harmless and some would say cute. But
there’s nothing cute about an omnivore when it’s hungry. It’s going to destroy
and eat whatever is in its path. Don’t allow pigs in your space, they don’t
respect anyone or anything and don’t have the capacity to give you what you
need. A pig is only looking for where it's next meal is coming from and is not bringing anything to the table. A pig is a taker not a giver. It always has its mouth open wanting more. Its glutenous and carrying around a bunch of baggage. A pig is not who you are or what you want.
I'm going to close for now, I could go on talking about a pig, but I believe we have gained some sort of understanding today. God bless
you beloveds, I pray you received something that will help you today. Have a
blessed rest of the week!
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