Marrying the wrong person can have devastating and far-reaching effects on your life. That is why you should take the necessary precautions when you decide to get married. Besides a life that lacks fulfillment and satisfaction, these are the most common effects of marrying the wrong person.

You could postpone the achievement of your destiny or lose it altogether. Marriage is not only the union of two people to form a family unit, but also the union of two destinies. Since God designed a future just for you, meet the person who is not only perfect for you, but also perfect for the destiny He has set for you. But by marrying the wrong person, you jeopardize your future and your destiny.

In my book, ‘How to receive the partner of your dreams’. I am talking about someone who married a woman whom God told him not to. He didn’t think it was a big deal until later in his life when he recognized the great calling God had for him. When he announced it to his wife to her dismay, she wasn’t thrilled about it. So he struggled to obey God despite opposition from his wife. When he began his journey to fulfill his calling, his wife set out to sabotage him. He was frustrated with his divided home. He suffered greatly and became increasingly unhappy. But what could I do? By then, he had been married for many years and had several children. When I saw him, I was devastated to believe how much more he would be in his calling if he had only waited for God to send him a wife. Please let this man’s plight convince you of the importance of marrying the right person.

Another more important reason why you should choose to marry the person God has for you is the effect it is having on the life of the person God chose for you. Because you are not there, that person is also being affected. They are likely to endure struggles and setbacks that they would never have experienced if you had been there. Remember that your destinies are aligned and your absence is also affecting your life.

And finally, marrying the wrong person can affect the people you are called to serve. If you are married to the wrong person, chances are you are living in the wrong place, doing the wrong thing, outside of God’s will, and your decisions are impacting the people you are called to serve.

If it is not where it is supposed to be; doing what God called you to do; with the person God called you to do it with, then the people you are supposed to serve are not getting the help they need. Now there will be others doing what you should be doing, but you were designed with different qualities and talents and set up in a certain place to reach certain people. And those people will be impacted by your not being there. Now God will call someone else to do it because he wants to meet the needs of his people, but you were his first choice. God made you to do something special in a way that is uniquely yours to serve a certain segment of people. And no one else would be better prepared to serve them than you.

In closing, don’t make the decision of who to marry lightly because doing so could have devastating effects. Marrying the wrong person can lead you down a path that can cause you to lose your destiny, negatively affect the person God chose for you, and make you unable to serve the people assigned to you.

So stand firm and ask God to send you a partner. His life, his family and his vocation are at stake. Heeding this warning could save you years of gut-wrenching pain, deep regret, and an unsatisfied life.