MARRIAGE/ THE CALL

 “There are eunuchs born born so from their mother’s womb, there are eunuchs made so by human agency and there are eunuchs who have made themselves so far the sake of the kingdom of Heaven. Let anyone accept this who can” {Mtt.19:12}.

In essence there are people who will not marry before death comes knocking (just like the four young air-hostess of Dana Airfrik) ‘you too must stand ready because the Son of man is coming at an hour you do not expect’ [Lk.12:40] so why the rush for a job that will make you expose your nakedness to the world with a view to draw a lot of men around you from where a seeming husband will emerge which may not finally come and other ungodly acts we indulge in order to get a spouse as well as different places we rush into for the miracle of marriage partner while God said “Israel, the lord who created you says, Do not be afraid—I will save you. I have called you by name – you are mine” (Isaiah 43:1)

There are people who will marry and they will not give birth to any child before death comes visiting because God designed it so for His own glory (‘Our God is in heaven and he does whatever He wills’ Ps.115:3) and “he answered, have you not read that the creator from the beginning made them male and female and that he said: this is why a man leaves his father and mother and becomes attached to his wife and the two become one flesh? They are no longer two, therefore but one flesh. So then what God has united, human beings must not divide” (Mtt.19:4-6) hence why the haste in opening your legs to different men both prayer counselors and others in a bid to get pregnant after all you thought: I maintained my virginity till marriage (physical virginity while virginity was designed by God to be wholistic; body, mind and spirit) or men being quick to start trying their luck with anything that has vagina in order to maintain their lineage or marrying pregnant women whose scan result has proven to have male sex within the womb but at birth such child comes out lifeless or as a female just like king Henry the Earth lose their faith and integrity due to the unconsciousness that Our God does whatever He wills (Ps.115:3)

There are people (men and women) who by their lifestyle within their youthful days will deny themselves the opportunity of either getting into marriage or giving birth thus “but a woman will be saved through having children, if she perseveres in faith and love and holiness with modesty” (1 Tim. 2:15). This applies to both man and woman because both sex belong to the specie of man created by God in Genesis (Gen.1:27) thus we should watch our movements from one prayer house to another in search of spouse (‘then the Lord said to me, the prophets are prophesying lies in my name; I have not sent them, I gave them no orders, I never spoke to them. Delusive visions, hollow predictions, daydreams of their own, that is what they prophesy to you’ Jer.14:14), getting into promiscuity (adultery, fornication, fingering; insert your finger into my vagina/caressing of breasts/buttocks/penis as a sign of appreciating (condemning) each other’s body part, oral-sex; suckle my breast/buttocks/vagina/penis as a sign of luv (lust) for me , voyeurism; provide me with half-nude/nude pictures of yourself, exhibitionism; give me a strip tease as a birthday present) with the slogan “after all we will still get married” remember ‘if anybody should destroy the temple of God, God will destroy that person, because God’s temple is holy and you are that temple’ [1 Cor.3:17] and indecency of all sorts both within and outside the home/room after which we go about praying “forgive the sins and errors of my youth. In your constant love and goodness, remember me Lord!” (Ps.25:7) and He does forgive {‘the Lord says this, Now let’s settle the matter. You are stained red with sin but I will wash you as clean as snow. Although your stains are deep red, you will be as white as wool’ Isaiah 1:18} but there is a punishment for each sin that has been forgiven thus “if after we have been given knowledge of the truth, we should deliberately commit any sins, then there is no longer any sacrifice for them. There is left only the dreadful prospect of judgment and of the fiery wrath that is to devour your enemies” (Heb.10:26-27) just like David was forgiven his sins but the sword used to kill Uriah the Hittite is actively battling the current states of Israel and Palestine as God promised (2 Sam.12:10) till date. The effects of these sins that have been forgiven via the sacrament of reconciliation (Jn.20:22-23) can be cleansed via indulgence given by legally ordained and obedient Bishops of the Church of Christ (‘Out of the men who have been with us the whole time that the Lord Jesus was living with us, from the time when John was baptizing until the day when he was taken up from us, one must be appointed to serve with us as a witness to his resurrection’ Acts. 1:21-22, Heb.5:4, Ex.28:1-4), mortification, fasting & prayers (‘One day while they were offering worship to the Lord and keeping a fast, the Holy Spirit said, I want Barnabas and Saul set apart for the work to which I have called them’ Acts.13:2) and almsgiving with good intention (“almsgiving is a most effective offering for all those who do it in the presence of the Most High” Tob.4:11). This is a call to flee from sin (Sirach 21:2) as well as activate a practical (Col.3:16-17, 1 Cor.10:31), genuine (1 Pet.4:8) and consistent (1 Thess.5:17) prayer life in order to positively augment our status and lifespan on earth in future as Hezekiah did during his sickness after being faithful to God during his youthful days (2 kgs.18:6-7, 2kgs 20:1-6, Isaiah 38:1-6).

There are people who are made impotent and barren by human agencies like those who import fake drugs into the country in a bid to make fast money as well as become notorious {‘we brought nothing into the world and we can take nothing out of it’ 1Tim.6:7}, security agencies; men who guide the queen of England and other kingdoms with such inhuman security attributes, fake and unscrupulous medical practitioners both scientific and native, tribes/ethnic groups that mutilate the genitals of their young ones, men/women who castrate/mutilate themselves or others in order to extricate reproduction with regards to different dirty/filthy acts of promiscuity.

There are people who are called and chosen (‘how blessed are those whom you choose and invite to dwell in your courts’ Ps.65:4) to willingly give up their sexuality (sexual desires, obligations and passions) for the sake of promoting the kingdom of God (Priests, Rev. Sisters/Brothers/Nuns/Monks and others) hence with mere carnal mind they have no husband/wife/children as well as progeny but in reality all the members of their congregation/parishioners and the entire people of God whom they have encountered in their missionary activities takes the place of these and also a share in the kingdom of God thus “Jesus said, In truth I tell you there is no one who has left house, brothers, sisters, mother, father, children or land for my sake and for the sake of the gospel who will not receive a hundred times as much as houses, brothers, sisters, mothers, children and land persecutions too now in this present time and in the world to come eternal life. Many who are first will be last and the last, first (Mk.10:29-31).

The question is where do I belong (“call to me and I will answer you; I will tell you great secrets of which you know nothing” Jer.33:3) hence we need to go down on our knees and implore the heavens for a revelation on the best avenue that we need to adopt in order to fully actualize his plans (‘yes, I know what plans I have in mind for you, the Lord declares, plans for peace, not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope’ Jer.29:11) of bearing witness to Him with our lives here on earth (“…I was born for this, I came into the world for this, to bear witness to the truth and all who are on the side of truth listen to my voice” Jn.18:37)and how ductile/willing are we towards the possible result/revelation that God will give us when we pray (‘and now you see me on my way to Jerusalem in captivity to the Spirit; I have no idea what will happen to me there except that the Holy Spirit in town after town has made it clear to me that imprisonment and persecution await me. But I do not place any value on my own life, provided that I complete the mission the Lord Jesus gave me to bear witness to the good news of God’s grace’ Acts.20:22-24) or taking the path used by Jonah {“Jonah set about running away from the Lord and going to Tarshish. He went down to Jaffa and found a ship bound for Tarshish; he paid his fare and boarded it, to go with them to Tarshsish, to get away from the Lord…and taking hold of Jonah they threw him into the sea and the sea stopped raging” Jonah 1:1-16}.