In ‘The Path of the Chosen Warriors,’ Joshua, one of the main characters and one of the most Spiritual in the book, is a man who although was blessed to go to college didn’t go due to the deterioration of his father’s health. His deep closeness with the Lord gave him an upper hand over those in his community in knowing the ways of God and because of that many sought him out for spiritual guidance.
His best friend Ruth, he forced her to go, instead of causing her to stay back with him, knowing she would be unhappy not fulfilling her dream to become a doctor. Joshua didn’t sit around mopping like many of us who if we miss one opportunity we grumble against God and lose hope or walk away from him.
When you build a close relationship with Christ as Joshua did, you will trust the Lord in whatever comes even if it’s hard, and this we see in his life throughout the book. Even when most women in his community lusted after him, wanting him to get involved with them and then mocked him calling him every kind of names you can think of because he refused them, he stood faithful to Lord. Holding on to a promise the Lord had told him about the woman He had chosen for him—that she wasn’t among any of them, and even though he was a man and had needs as many would like to say— he waited.
I had a similar situation as Joshua in this part as well; I mean in the Lord telling me that he chose a particular person for me. This led me to believe that there are times when God does have someone special just for you even though in His word we are told not to be unequally yoked with unbelievers. God once told me when I tried to get to know another Christian; “that not every Christian is for you.” That’s how I got the idea for Joshua.
It is why I believe that we MUST ALWAYS SEEK GOD in choosing a spouse and not just pick someone because they too are a Christian. When you walk with the Lord and meditate on his words, trust me, they come to help you when you feel you’re at your lowest. I should know, that’s how I create many of my characters. The Lord always comes to my rescue when I seek him. Sometimes I have to wait, but when He response at a time when I need to make the right decision, He guides me with His words, and it always seems so surprising when He does it.
To know that the God of the entire world listens so attentively to me and also to you. I talk to Him as my dad and wouldn’t want it any other way. It gives me so much joy even to write these books and share my thoughts about them. To even get just one person to share with would be such a blessing to me and hear what the book meant to them would be rewarding enough.
So don’t be too hasty in making a decision, seek the Lord first and wait a little. He will answer. As much as it may be tempting to find other ways of solving your problems, if you call upon the name of Christ as your shepherd, trust him to direct your path, he will answer. (He does so through his word—your spiritual food—so feed on it as you would physical food) When you find everything overwhelming-pray. When you pray and you begin to feel anxious, meditate on the scriptures that speak a lot about patience and anxiety.
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