We hear the phrase in many sermons. We listen to our friends when they have not
followed it and their lives aren’t looking the way they wanted it to. We grasp the meaning behind it and know why
we shouldn’t but… are we really getting it?
Do we really want to listen to it?
2 Corinthians 6:14
(NIV) “Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have
in common?” You know you’ve heard it
and you probably agree with it, but what does it mean to be yoked? And what does an unbeliever look like? Well, let me tell you. Dictionary.com says to be yoked together means
“something that connects or joins
together; a bond or a tie; to become joined securely.” I hear women, all the time that have met a guy,
(a potential dateable guy, in their eyes) and they start to get to know him. They go out on a couple dates and then they get serious. After that the relationship goes downhill. You know it’s true. When our souls become attached to another
human being, (I.E. sex outside of
marriage) then of course it’s going to hurt when they decide you’re not the
girl they want to be with forever. You
gave them a part of your soul. That part
of our soul was only meant for one time and that is our “equally yoked” partner that God has designed with us in
mind. So, we know the truth. We know that God designed us for one
person. We know that in order to make a
relationship work, first off, they must be “equally yoked” with us. GIRLS,
that doesn’t mean “oh he said he’s a Christian and he goes to church…sometimes.” Come on now!
We know better! If he isn’t pursuing God, he isn’t at the point
in his life where he can give you anything. He can’t love you the way you are meant to be
loved (I.E. how Christ loved the church).
He can’t give you any advice that is Biblical because He isn’t pursuing
God. I mean really, think about it. If you love Jesus, and you want to grow in a
relationship with Him, and you meet a guy that is doing things the way the
world is but, oh, “he says he’s a Christian”.
Stop! Please, we are smarter than that!
I only speak these things because I said them at one point in my
life. I’ve jumped on the bandwagon of “girls
who think they are smarter than God when it comes to finding Mr. Right”. We won’t say it, but of course that is how we
are living. The Bible clearly tells us
what to look out for. 2 Corinthians 6:14
is just one of the verses that provides insight into the matter, insight that
many of us choose to ignore. Another
version says, “Do not be unequally yoked
with unbelievers. For what partnership
has righteousness with lawlessness? Or
what fellowship has light with darkness?” (ESV) It’s so good!
“Unequally yoked,” it says it
right there, that our bond or our tie with that other person should be equal in the sight of God. How can a relationship or a marriage last
if God is not the firm focus? Sadly,
it doesn’t or those relationships are broken.
Look at any marriage or relationship that seems to be lacking
something. Something in their lives is
missing and we know what it is. It’s
God. The most important thing in relationships is both people knowing that they are redeemed and loved by the
Creator of the Universe. Right? “Or what fellowship has light with darkness?” What kind of fellowship could I possibly have
with someone who isn’t on the same path towards God as I am? Are you having relationship after
relationship failures? Take a look
inward, what are you really looking
for? If your heart and your mind are not
focused on God then your relationships
will continue to fail. I am sorry to
say it, but it’s the truth. And deep
down, you know it too.
“For we are the temple of the living God; as God said,
“I will make my dwelling among them and walk among them,
and I will be their God,
and they shall be my people.
Therefore go out from their midst,
and be separate from them, says the Lord,
and touch no unclean thing;
then I will welcome you,
and I will be a father to you,
and you shall be sons and daughters to me,
says the Lord Almighty.” 2 Corinthians 6:16-18 (ESV)
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