SINgle or SINGle

One afternoon my wife and I were sitting in traffic in Houston Texas, and the license plate on the car in front of us was a vanity plate that said “single.” As we sat there I was looking at that license plate and two words just jumped out at me. The first word that jumped out at me was the word was SIN and the second word was SING. I looked at my wife and I asked her.”Do you think their singleness is just a life of sin or do you think they sing praises to God through their singleness?”She looked at me kind of funny and said what are you talking about? I said the license plate on the car in front of us says “single” and two words just really jumped out at me “sin” and “sing” and I just wonder since they’re advertising that they are single is sin more prevalent in their singleness or do they sing praises to God. This is something that I've thought about, prayed about for a long time and even asked myself, when I was single was it a sin-gle life or a sing-le life? Is this something that you've ever thought about or even asked yourself when you were single or if you are single right now have you ever asked yourself the question of what kind of life are your living? Students/teenagers in your singleness right now have you asked yourself that question? You should because the Bible tells us in first Corinthians 10:31 “So, whatever you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.” Whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. Yes I think this even means in your singleness do all to the glory of God whether you’re single or a single again this is something that I believe is worth examining. Is my singleness singing praises to God? If you look at first Corinthians 10: 23 it reads.” All things are lawful” but not all things are helpful. “All things are lawful,” but not all things build up. Verse 24 continues with; “Let no one seek his own good, but the good of his neighbor.” This brings up a good question how can my being single build up? If I'm single and searching for a mate how can I live out verse 24 (that no one seek his own good, but the good of his neighbor.) ₁According to Warren Wiersbe he explains that Paul had one great goal in life; to glorify the Lord by winning the lost and building up the saints. To reach this goal, he was willing to pay any price. He was willing even to give up his personal rights! He sacrificed immediate gains for eternal rewards, immediate pleasures for eternal joys. I'm not suggesting that you give up the pursuit of a spouse or even give up dating. What I am suggesting, be it a high school student, college student, single adult or a single again, is ask this question. Which word represents my singleness the best SIN or SING? It is clear when you read the Bible from Genesis to Revelation that God has one central purpose for mankind……His glory. Absolutely nothing else matters more to God than the glory of His name. ₂The simple truth that none of us can escape is God is Creator and we are the creation, God does not exist for us; we exist for Him. If God is created us to glorify His great name, and we are His creation why do we continually try to remove Him from His high position of Creator and God and place ourselves in this position? If you have a relationship with Jesus Christ I ask that you examine it and see are you a follower or do you try to get Him to follow you. If you're reading this blog today and you do not have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ I ask that you contact a church in your area or e-mail me at fluid 2819@yahoo.com and let someone help you discover the greatest and most fulfilling relationship you will ever have. Thanks to: ₁The Bible Exposition Commentary by Warren W. Wierbe ₂Concept and thoughts provoked by Experiencing Christ Within by Dwight Edwards