Forever Faithful

“A message about finding, waiting and pursuing a partner”

There’s always a time in our lives where we feel the urge and desire to find, wait or pursue a
person into a deeper and a more intimate relationship (Boyfriend/girlfriend or marriage). These
desires are God’s design to each individual and are perfectly normal (just like Adam when he was in
the garden). But because of so many factors like today’s culture, sin, among many others, this normal
thing has become uncontrolled, and many times self-centred. So before we hop on to talking about
relationships or romance, we need to discuss about the pillars where these things should stand upon.
I would like to submit to you that Obedience and Faithfulness plays a huge role in our
relationships. Not just in romantic relationships but in all of our relationships – to God, to our family, to
our friends and loved ones. Love is expressed by obedience and obedience is manifested and
completed in faithfulness. Our goal is to love and obedience is its means and faithfulness is its
manner. We express love through obedience and by obeying faithfully.
John 14:15 “If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.
John 14:21 He who has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me; and he who
loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will disclose Myself to him.”
John 14:23 Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My
Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our abode with him.
John 14:24 He who does not love Me does not keep My words; and the word which you hear is not
Mine, but the Father who sent Me.
1 John 5:3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And His commandments are
not burdensome.

Loving Jesus is not just obeying a list of things. The obeying here is the effect of our love for
Jesus. There must be delighting first before there’s doing at all. Remember that we love because He
first loved us.
Now with all these in mind, for us to appreciate and grow in our love we must see the reality of
love based upon our contemporary definitions/standards and the reality of love based in Christ.