Quote of the Day:
Flesh of my flesh is the pulchritude, the physical front and that is all about attraction. Bone of my bones talks about the inner man, the inner strength, the structure.
Rev Dunamis Tunde Okunowo

 

We will continue from where we left off yesterday

Today is part 3

3. The Principle of Attraction

Do you want to find rightly?

Then make sure there is mutual attraction.

Do not fall in love with the one that is not in love with you.

God advises the man:

Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth. Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love. And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger? For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and he pondereth all his goings (Proverbs 5:18-21 KJV)

God is literarily saying here that you should be satisfied with the body of your spouse after your wedding and even mentions breasts!

Marry somebody you like and you love, a friend you can play with and laugh with. That is why the scripture says, “…rejoice with the wife of thy youth.“

You also need to know that God will not force anybody on you. This idea that you are marrying somebody not because you love the person but because God said so is defective.

God will never force anybody on you.

God will not ask you to marry someone you completely loathe and you are incapable of loving.

Now, we have established that physical attraction is very important! But there is a balance! Physical attraction alone is not the only thing that determines your choice! See the scripture:

Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised. (Proverbs 31:30 KJV)

Message Translation says:

Charm can mislead and beauty soon fades. The woman to be admired and praised is the woman who lives in the Fear–of– God. (Proverbs 31:30 Message)

So we see here, the only thing shouldn’t be outward beauty, but also inner beauty. It is okay if she has hot legs, but her heart must also be hot for God! A hot leg without a hot heart will get your hands burnt at the end.

So in a man or in a woman, I should have an attraction for him or her, while he or she must have an attraction for God.

Let’s take a look at the scripture:

Gen 2:23 (KJV)
And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.

Bone of my bones talks about spirituality.

Flesh of my flesh talks about physical attraction.

Flesh of my flesh is the pulchritude, the physical front and that is all about attraction. Bone of my bones talks about the inner man, the inner strength, the structure, frame, and the power that holds the human flesh.

Adam did not just say bone of my bones, he did not ignore the flesh of my flesh. So we see the place of attraction here

If someone is always complaining about how you look, how you walk, how your legs are not straight, how your face is somehow, and always shows irritation without explanation, you need to run for your life before you get entangled with someone who will never love you!

I pray that God gives you more understanding.

CONFESSION FOR THE DAY
I am not misled. I will lookout for the bone and the flesh in the choice of my marital partner. 

PRAYER FOR THE DAY
Lord, open the eyes of my understanding.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
Charm can mislead and beauty soon fades. The woman to be admired and praised is the woman who lives in the Fear–of– God. (Proverbs 31:30 Message)

ACTION PLAN FOR THE DAY
Look out for the bone and flesh in that potential spouse.

BIBLE READING FOR THE DAY
Gen 2