2021 Daily Devotion - Day 391

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Although I would never advise a couple during premarital counseling in my office to do as I did, it has worked well for me. About a month after meeting Jennifer, I told her I had no interest in ever dating anyone else. Her response was, “You better not!” I said to her, “You don’t understand. If I had the money to buy a ring, I’d be on one knee asking you to marry me.” Her response was, “Then, save your money!” A week later it was official; we were engaged.

Throughout our entire engagement, every day, including September 16, 1995, I prayed, “Lord, I’m young and dumb. I’m impulsive and stubborn. If it’s not Your plan for me to marry Jennifer Adams, You need to make it abundantly clear it’s not Your will. If she is not the one I am supposed to marry, then You need to break us up. Otherwise, I’m gonna marry that girl.”

God answered my prayer. On September 16, 1995, we were married.

There’s an old saying, “When God guides, He provides.” And, this was certainly true for us. Although I only knew Jennifer for a month before getting engaged, and I was married to her before even knowing her a full year, 26 years and two kids later, I see how God has been involved every step of the way.

No matter what decisions you are making in your life, drop to both knees and pray. Ask God to guide you and to make His plan known.

Jeremiah 29:11
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”

Pray with me:
Almighty God, You are all-knowing, You are loving, and You want what’s best for us. Guide us in our daily decisions. Help us to seek Your plan for our lives. Give us the courage to be obedient to You. Use us also to influence others according to Your Word and Your will. In Jesus’ name, we pray. Amen.

Pastor Jim Reynen
Pastor of Family & Student Ministries
Mount of Olives Church
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