Becoming the Right Person
The short excerpt is by Andy Stanley, and the Scripture is Matthew 6:33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
One woman shared the following with Andy Stanley. She grew up in a moderately religious home and was kind of taught all of the right things. After college she moved to Atlanta and just kind of immersed herself into dating the way the culture says to date. She said, "It's not that I quit believing or had some kind of theological epiphany that Jesus isn't the Son of God or that the Bible isn't true. I just decided that didn't matter at this stage of my life. I'm just going to live the life and just get out there and date like crazy and hopefully find that right guy. I was in pretty deep in that whole scene.
One evening I was with a group of people, and there was a guy in the group that I had never met before. We started talking, and he was the total package-looks, job, car, and personality. He was also a Christian and was living out his Christian faith in the market place and in his relationships. He had standards, and there were things he wouldn't do. It just brought back things in my own past that I really used to believe and practice. I said that all of that doesn't really work in this culture and in this stage of my life, yet here's this guy that is the whole package living out these values.
A day or so later I was at home and I was talking to my mom and I was going on and on about this guy, and my mom turned to me and said, 'Honey, the problem is that a guy like that is not looking for a girl like you.' When my mom said that I just fell to the floor in a puddle of tears because I knew that she was exactly right. That was the defining moment for me when I decided to do what all along I knew in my heart I needed to do. That's when I decided that no matter how long it took, I was going to become the woman that a guy like that was looking for. It was a total game changer for me."
Are you who the person that you are looking for is looking for? The key to a great relationship isn't finding the right person. It is becoming the right person.
Champions, have a great week!-David Vining
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