Pray for your matchmaker

Every few days, a beloved family member or friend will recommend a nice person that they believe will suit you. Sometimes, they are just tired of asking you when you are getting married. Other times, God has given them a burden for you. It is important that you pray for them.

If they recommend someone you love, it would be a win-win situation. If they recommend someone you do not like or someone who hurts you, the dining table will be colder than it previously was. Therefore, it is best to set the gauge on this situation in prayer before it happens.

In the duration that I have received permission to matchmake people, I see the prayer backend and I am in awe that God would require so much. Because what is a mere introduction to us is a decision that determines the quality of our lives and the next generation going forward.

If you would pray about that great job on the other side of the country that you can quit in six months, you should definitely be praying for this person they are about to introduce you to and pray much more for the matchmaker so they do not do it carnally or for vain reasons.

Gen.24.2 – 4: And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh: And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell: But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac.

This scripture tells us ‘where’ this spouse is coming from is important and cannot be taken lightly. To have chosen randomly would have been to choose outside the covenant. In fact, when you read the entire chapter, you will realise that even if a wife was not found, Isaac was not allowed to go back to where his father was coming from. Why? because location matters to the covenant.

Prayer 1: Father in the name of Jesus, may I not be introduced to someone who does not align with your covenant plan for my life.

Prayer 2: May this introduction not take me backwards to a season you have already brought me out of. May I not be taken backwards by the conversation, date or anything else.

Gen.24.56 – And he said unto them, Hinder me not, seeing the LORD hath prospered my way; send me away that I may go to my master.

The servant did not go to sleep because he had found a perfect match. He did not rest because he was certain God had prospered his way. Instead, he moved really quickly. The implication of moving quickly was that Isaac was comforted by love in the place of grief.

Prayer 3: everyone who knows someone who is right for me according to the dictates of God, let them act quick. They will not drag their legs and leave me stressed.

Prayer 4: May the introductions be led by God and ordered by God. Lord, let there be no confusion, no trial and error, no multiple introductions; one is enough! One right one.

Gen.24.66 – 67: And the servant told Isaac all things that he had done. And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.

Isaac was not theatrical about his good thing and favour. One verse of explanation was enough for Isaac to receive his wife. Pray for yourself

Prayer 5: Father in the name of Jesus, I am mentally, emotionally and spiritually prepared to receive the bone of my bone and the flesh of my flesh through whoever you decide to use. I will not be an obstacle in my own way.

Prayer 6: Jesus, make me open. Jesus, ready me. Jesus, make me open-minded and open-hearted. May I not stress your child when they are introduced to me. Keep me in step with heaven. May I not be the obstacle.

Prayer 7: My spouse and I are in sync with God; we will not make a deity out of our matchmaker. We will run to God in trouble and in blessings and not to the human who introduced us. We will cleave to each other and to God and not bring the matchmaker in as a third-party in Jesus Name. Amen!