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THE DANGER OF ABANDONING YOUR PURPOSE FOR DATING

One of the greatest dangers in relationships is abandoning your purpose because you have found someone you love. You may stop pursuing your dreams, neglect your spiritual growth, abandon your ministry, withdraw from meaningful responsibilities, or change your convictions because you are afraid that your partner may leave you. But genuine love should not demand that you become disconnected from God's assignment. If someone truly loves you, they should desire to see you become the person God created you to be.

Sometimes people abandon purpose gradually. It may begin with cancelling one important commitment to spend time with someone, then repeatedly postponing responsibilities, and eventually restructuring your entire life around the relationship. Before long, you discover that you are no longer building what God placed in your heart. You have become emotionally available to the relationship but spiritually unavailable to your assignment. You must therefore learn that commitment to a relationship does not cancel commitment to God.

Your partner is not supposed to become your entire world. Jesus must remain Lord over your heart, your decisions, your future, and your relationships. When Christ remains at the centre, love can find its proper place. You can honour your partner without worshipping them, support their dreams without abandoning yours, and build together without destroying the individual assignments God has given each of you.

Ask yourself honestly: “What have I stopped doing since this relationship began?” “Have I become more disciplined or more distracted?” “Has this relationship strengthened my walk with God or weakened it?” “Am I still pursuing what God placed in my heart?” If you have to abandon your purpose to keep someone, you need to examine what kind of relationship you are actually building. The right relationship should not require you to lose yourself before you can keep someone else.

Hope Expression Values You 
Apostle Prince Victor Matthew 

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