This testimony on God coming through for the lady in waiting makes me so mushy as I think on how faithful He is. Read Nneka’s testimony on her experience as she waited on our romantic Father for her Boaz…

My testimony was inspired during the last testimony service in 2007 at The Carpenter’s Church (TCC). I recall a truly beautiful testimony service as one by one, the testifiers told us of how God performed one miracle and the other in their lives.

As the service drew to an end, I looked around the auditorium at the faces of God’s people rejoicing with others even when it was obvious that they all had one thing or the other they were also trusting and waiting on God for. I especially noticed the faces of certain sisters – not too many of them, but still very conspicuous. They were faces of faithful single women who truly love the Lord and are committed to His work. These were lovely ladies who have prepared themselves and are ripe and ready for their BOAZ and yet are wondering if he will ever come.

I recognized them so easily and could read their thoughts and prayers because those thoughts and prayers were mine.

So I share this testimony both rejoicing that God came through with all His promises to me while I waited and also to salute my sisters who themselves are still trusting in God’s plan and perfect timing for them. Those who most importantly, have made up their minds not to settle for anything less that God’s best – ever!

This is my story…

I come from an extended family where it is not unusual to see cousins get married at 18years old, so the pressure to get married usually started really early. I remember suitors (who are usually strange, unbelieving men) sent to me by well meaning uncles and aunties to “check me out” as early as my university days. One once told me I needed to get married early because they sensed a wild independent streak in me.  By the time I had turned down a few of these men, their conclusion was that I may have missed my chance of ever getting married for being so choosy.

Although my parents were a bit more understanding, occasionally my mum would break down in teary outbursts on how she feared I will end up an old maid with no man or children to call my own.

At one point, going home for family gatherings became an ordeal. When I turned 28, a cousin of mine who was about my age already had her first kid preparing for common entrance exams. That made me feel like I was 50! And for the first time, as much as I didn’t believe in it, I still felt the loud tick of the biological clock.

Apart from the pressure I faced with family, there was still the societal pressure to contend with. As a single lady who was doing very well in my career and other pursuits, it was still very hard to ignore the twisted belief that achievements by a single woman is not respected by our society and unfortunately even the Church.

A major area that I had to deal with while I waited on God’s best was the feeling of ‘aloneness’ that was sometimes really overwhelming. At such points of vulnerability, thought-bombs of just quitting and running off with the next man that looks in my direction – never mind his spiritual state – usually begin to creep in. No matter how pretty and well kept a woman is, at this point the image of herself reflected in the mirror is sometimes not desirable.

Having said all these, I must now share with you how I was able to overcome all of these challenges to stand firm in what I believed.

Firstly, I made my heart right by seeking a word from God in this area. My life was changed one Saturday morning several years ago when I heard clearly from God. He simply said that He was preparing me for one of His sons. These few words had been an anchor for my faith when I felt like just giving up. Since I was in process, I searched for ways to make myself more prepared.

Again I resolved not to just sit around while tapping my foot and looking at my watch. The watch may say “a quarter to thirty” or even “a quarter to forty or fifty” but it doesn’t matter because God is not restricted by time because He operates outside of time. I decided to have godly fun and live passionately while in the wait.

I developed strong friendships with mature Christians whom I became accountable to. Those people who can speak the truth to me if ever my heart became deceived.

I drastically reduced traveling for family occasions that can impact my faith.

I made up my mind not to tolerate the attention of BOZOS (unserious believers and unbelievers) because if they hang around long enough, I stood the chance of loosing my resolve.

I also combated the feeling of loneliness when I learnt from messages here in TCC that the ultimate answer is not in Mr. Right but in a right relationship with God.  I was freed by the timeless reality that indeed God is enough.

Being such a romantic, God used the story of Ruth and Boaz to introduce me to a holy romance that outdid anything I ever read while I waited for my Boaz.

The wait became easier as I devoted my time to being more available to God’s Work and in serving His people.

In the fullness of time, my Boaz (my husband of 10 Months) showed up. He had been right here all along but his eyes opened and saw me and my heart opened and received him as mine. And we fit like a hand in a glove…He did come and just as God told me, he is truly God’s son. He has truly been worth the wait for me!!

My dear sister, you know who you are. You may be 25 or 45 it does not matter. God has mandated me to send these encouraging words to you today.  He understands your craving for love and to be loved by a good, spiritual man who loves Him. He is aware of it because He made you that way.

God is still writing love stories, so let Him write yours as He did for me. Let him surpass all your expectations with a Man Truly Worth Waiting For.

God knows about all the seed you have been sowing and He never forgets a seed sown!! So get busy with God’s work and let Him bring you your own Boaz and your love story will be as powerful as Ruth’s was!

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