Note 3 at 1 Cor. 7:27: This is a very clear command for a married person not to seek divorce (see ref. e, this page).

Note 4 at 1 Cor. 7:27: This is a very clear command for a single person not to seek a mate. This comes as a radical statement to most people today. Many Christian singles feel compelled to get married. They pray for a mate constantly. That is contrary to what Paul spoke here.

If it is God's will for an individual to be married, the correct way to find that mate is not to go seeking them. Instead, seek the Lord and He will bring the perfect mate to you.

Proverbs 18:22 says, "Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD." Psalms 34:10 says, "The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing." Therefore, if a mate is a good thing for you, the Lord will bring them to you as you seek Him.

God brought Eve to Adam, Rebekah to Isaac, Ruth to Boaz, and He will bring your mate to you if you will seek Him and not a mate. This takes all the frustration out of finding a mate and it also will prevent choosing the wrong mate. The whole dating process as we know it in the western world today is not God's way.

If we shop around and become emotionally and physically involved with a potential mate, then we approach the Lord to ask, "Is this the one?", we are going to have a hard time hearing God's voice. Our emotions and hormones are going to be speaking so loudly that it will be hard to hear the still, small voice of God.

The scriptural way of receiving your mate from God is the way that Paul puts forth here. Are you single? Don't seek a mate! Seek God and if the Lord wills for you to be married, He will arrange it.