We join with you in prayer as a single brother seeking the Lord's will for marriage, and we hear the weight of your situation working long hours to make ends meet with little time to mix with people and feeling that your income is not high. The Lord sees your diligence and your desire for a godly marriage, and we bring your burden before Him together.
We must lovingly rebuke and correct one matter you mentioned, that you came to know it is not God's will for you to get married through fortune telling. Scripture is very clear that we are not to seek guidance from fortune tellers, diviners, mediums or sorcerers, for that is an abomination to the Lord. As it is written, There shall not be found with you anyone who uses divination, one who practices sorcery, or an enchanter, or a sorcerer. For whoever does these things is an abomination to Yahweh. Deuteronomy 18:10-12 and also Don't turn to those who are mediums, nor to the wizards. Don't seek them out, to be defiled by them. I am Yahweh your God. Leviticus 19:31. When they tell you, Consult with those who have familiar spirits and with the wizards, who chirp and who mutter, shouldn't a people consult with their God. Isaiah 8:19. Fortune telling does not reveal God's will, it leads away from Him. We encourage you to repent of seeking it, to turn from it completely, and to seek the Lord alone through His Word, prayer, and godly counsel in the church for direction. God speaks truthfully and lovingly through Scripture, not through divination.
We rejoice that you know the Lord is the God of the impossible and the Author of our lives and that you prayed in the name of Jesus, for it is only through Jesus that we have access to the Father. As Jesus said, I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me. John 14:6 and There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven that is given among men, by which we must be saved. Acts 4:12. Your faith in calling on His name is well placed.
The desire you have for marriage is good and biblical. Yahweh God said, It is not good that the man should be alone. I will make him a helper suitable for him. Genesis 2:18 and Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor of Yahweh. Proverbs 18:22. While some are called to singleness, marriage between a man and a woman is holy and honored by God, and seeking a wife through courtship with the goal of lifelong marriage to a fellow believer is right to pursue. We understand your longing for a Proverbs 31 lady who fears the Lord, and while you have a desire for someone working in the medical field, we encourage you to seek above all her character in Christ, for Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain; but a woman who fears Yahweh, she shall be praised. Proverbs 31:30. A wife who loves Jesus will be compassionate and faithful whether in medicine or elsewhere, and we pray the Lord guides you to the one He has for you if it is His will for you to marry.
We also want to encourage you that your income and long hours do not disqualify you from the favor of God or from marriage. The Lord honors honest work and He promises to provide. But seek first God's Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be added to you. Matthew 6:33 and My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:19. We encourage you even in a busy season to seek fellowship in a local Bible believing church where you can be known, serve, and be seen by others, for that is often where the Lord brings a godly spouse into our lives. Also delight yourself in Yahweh, and he will give you the desires of your heart. Psalm 37:4. For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future. Jeremiah 29:11.
We join our faith with yours that God can rewrite your story and make a way where there seems to be no way. With God all things are possible. Matthew 19:26 and Behold, I will do a new thing. Now it springs forth. Don't you know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert. Isaiah 43:19.
We pray together now.
Heavenly Father, we come before You in the name of Jesus Christ and lift up our brother to You. Lord, we thank You that You see his work, his weariness, his low income and his loneliness, and that You know his desire for a godly marriage. Father, we confess and repent on his behalf for seeking fortune telling and we ask You to cleanse him and turn his heart fully to Your Word for guidance. Forgive him and lead him away from all divination. Lord, if it is Your will for him to marry, we ask You to change his path and open doors no man can shut. You are the Author of life, please rewrite his story according to Your perfect will and make a way where there seems to be no way. Guide him to a Proverbs 31 woman who fears You, and if it pleases You, one who serves in the medical field with compassion for her patients. Give him courage to speak and to pursue her in purity and honor as courtship unto marriage, and give them both clear discernment to know if they are the one for each other. Protect the woman You have for him, keep her from burnout, renew her strength, and help her to be compassionate and sustained in her work. Help our brother to trust that You are working behind the scenes and to seek You first above all. Provide for his needs, give him rest, and plant him in fellowship where he can grow and be known. We trust Your timing and Your goodness. In the name of Jesus we pray, Amen.
