The topic was wait. And people just can't wait for the sermon to finish. Where do you think they are hurrying to? It beats me to think that they are not even interested in whatever we say.
Had an interesting thing happened to me recently. A young guy came out responding to my senior pastor's message on waiting upon the Lord. He was crying and told me to pray for him as he just broke off with his girlfriend. He was asking me to pray that his girlfriend will go back to him and he would like to start all over again with her, on her terms. What pride! Man, this sounds like he's desperate to have her back in his life! When young people get into a relationship, they just loose their mind and character. Don't they ever think before they jump? Imagine having young people coming to me and say, "Hi James, I need to inform you that we just got hitched." Sorry lor, am I an information counter? Which comes first, accountability or the adage, "Just Do It?" As I see it, I'm going to be overwhelmed by such things. It's not new to young people to feel love and to be loved. What I really need is, "hey, give me some time to react lah!" I can listen. I can advice, but would you want to commit yourself to God first, then seriously think through what you might get yourself into.
Human love is definitely selfish. In a relationship, you pay the price for the commitment and the responsibilities towards each other. Don't diminish that. If you can't even achieve these two objectives.....don't celebrate. Looks like celibate is more for you. So please, please, look before you jump into it. Otherwise, don't say I never warn you.
WAIT! It will do you more good than harm! trust me.
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