Wherever You are Be all There!

1 Corinthians 7:15-17 "(But if the husband or wife who isn't a believer insists on leaving, let them go. In such cases the Christian husband or wife  is no longer bound to the other, for God has called you  to live in peace.) Don't you wives realize that your husbands might be saved because of you? And don't you husbands realize that your wives might be saved because of you? Each of you should continue to live in whatever situation the Lord has placed you, and remain as you were when God first called you. This is my rule for all the churches."

      Dearest Lord, apparently the Corinthian church was ready to start making wholesale radical changes without first really thinking things through.  You are such a sensible God!  Saving a marriage and making it work is all important to You, but so is sole devotion to You from a believer.  If the unbeliever in the union is trying to force the other to denounce You, then the spouse is to let them go.
      In our vernacular I believe Paul is telling them and us:
      "Look, let's not go nuts here folks.  If you are married and one of you becomes a believer and the other is OK with that, stay together.  The believer may win the other to Christ!  It is important to live in peace together.  However; if the unbeliever can't handle the new found faith you are living out in love before them and wants you to denounce Christ or they will leave...let them go.  The Lord will not hold you accountable for their actions, their sin is their own.
     Neither being single or married is a problem.  Both are acceptable to God.  Sex in itself is not a bad thing, but it is sanctioned only in the marriage bond.  So, if you want to get married just so you can have sex, that's a very bad idea and is wrong. But if you and the other are in love and want to get married, do so because it is better to marry than to burn in lust  for one another.  If you are single, and are self controlled, stay that way so you can serve the Lord unfettered by the cares that come with spouse and family."
      Lord, thank You for being all wise and for sharing Your plan and mind with us!  May we live it out in our daily lives so we can be a blessing to You and to others!