here are three signs God is saying stop
chasing love and just rest in me number
one if you have been prioritizing human
love over God's love the Lord will often
lead you into a season of just resting
in him oftentimes Christians are
presented with a choice that God is not
asking them to make they end up saying
to themselves I can choose God or a
relationship this is an unbiblical view
of relationships God did not make human
love to be in competition to his Love
Actually God made Human Relationships to
enhance our relationship with him there
is never a command in scripture to love
God instead of people yes we must love
God more than people but when we truly
do love God the Bible says we will be
expressing this love through our love
for people first John 4 20-21 if anyone
says I love God and hates his brother he
is a liar for he who does not love his
brother whom he has seen cannot love God
whom he has not seen and this
commandment we have from him whoever
loves God must also love his brother
remember before sin came into the world
God said it was not good for Adam to be
alone thus he made Eve so they could
love each other as they fully loved the
Lord together God does want our hearts
to experience the joy of being loved by
another human and giving love to another
human you certainly do not need to
choose God's love or human love rather
we must choose God's love over human
love God made us for both but he did
make us to need his love first and human
love second if you need to reprioritize
the order of your love God will lead you
to rest in him so you can love properly
number two if you keep spooking human
Love Away by pursuing it too forcefully
God may tell you just rest tested me
sometimes the harder we try to find love
the further it runs away from us at
times love can feel like a wild deer you
come upon in the woods as soon as you
move towards it it runs away never to be
seen again when we don't have what we
need we often ask too much from what we
do have in other words when you aren't
satisfied in the love of God first and
foremost you will often ask too much
from a person pushing them away because
you are putting too much pressure on
them to fill you notice the flow in
Psalm 42 of longing for love and it only
being satisfied in the Lord as a deer
pants for flowing streams so pants my
soul for you o God my soul thirsts for
God for the Living God deep calls to
deep at the Roar of your waterfalls all
your Breakers and your waves have gone
over me by day the Lord command and to
steadfast love and at night his song is
with me a prayer to the god of my life
why are you cast down on my soul and why
are you in turmoil within me hope in God
for I shall again praise him my
salvation and my God if you've been cast
down because every time you try to get
human love it seems you are even further
away from getting it oftentimes this
means you should just rest in the Lord
once you are filled with the love of God
you are then better equipped to pursue
human love in a biblically balanced way
and number three if you've been trying
to force something because it's not
happening naturally God will often lead
you to just rest in him when God is
leading you towards your future spouse
it will require effort hard work and
endurance don't think that a hard
relationship automatically means it's
the wrong relationship however there is
a difference between trying hard card
compared to forcing something to happen
that is just not God's will one way you
will be able to know if you are forcing
something to happen is by taking note of
the effects that are occurring through
the causes you are trying in other words
when a relationship is happening
naturally this doesn't mean it will
happen without effort rather it means
that when you try something the intended
reason for trying that will happen if
you try to pursue her she will receive
it if you try to invite him to pursue
you he will receive it if you try to
talk through a problem you will be able
to talk through it and reconnect the
causes will produce the natural effects
when the relationship is being forced
however no matter what you try the
intended reason for trying this will not
occur in other words things just won't
work out pursuing her won't work
inviting him won't work talking about
your problems will just make the
problems worse when you're in a cycle of
forcing something to happen it's wise to
just stop and rest in the Lord yes you
will participate in a relationship
coming to fruition but in the end if
it's really going to happen God's going
to cause it to happen therefore we must
always be resting in the Lord as Psalm
127 1-2 explains unless the Lord builds
a house the work of the builders is
wasted unless the Lord protects a city
guarding it with centuries will do no
good it is useless for you to work so
hard from early morning until late at
night anxiously working for food to eat
for God gives rest to his loved ones
it's a big blessing to this ministry
when you give a video a thumbs up which
helps it spread to more people who might
need to see it I'm Mark from
applygodsworld.com and until next time
God bless