There’s a television show named “The Millionaire Matchmaker” which airs on the Bravo Channel. The show follows Patti Stanger who is a famous matchmaker who hooks up millionaire men with women who will feed their fancy. Naturally, these men have a hard time finding women on their own because they fear that women only want them for their money. Understandable.
Thousands of women send in applications to be selected by Stanger for an opportunity to attend a mixer where the millionaire men (2 are always present) will ultimately pick who they want to go on a date with. Once the applicants are selected, they meet Stanger at her headquarters in Beverly Hills, CA where she and her team of matchmakers select who they think should attend the mixer.
Once the women have been selected, Stanger makes strong suggestions as to how those women should present themselves at the mixer in order to draw those millionaire men in their direction. Some take the advice and run with it. Others kind of blow it off and continue to do what hasn’t worked for them in the past. Usually, these women are very concerned about their appearance and they want to be as attractive as possible so that the men will notice them over all the other women.
At the mixer, Stanger introduces the men and looses them into the sea of bachelorettes. Some of the women make good impressions; others sort of leave a bad taste in the millionaires’ mouths. Naturally, the men gravitate towards the women who fit their profile of an attractive woman and sometimes Stanger points them in the direction of women who she thinks will fit their “type.”
At the end of the mixer, Stanger allows the men to select the girl that they want to date the most. The women who made good connections, who were sexy and sophisticated at the same time, who gave off good vibes, usually get picked. All of the other women essentially toiled in vain, polished themselves to look like these men’s fantasies, only to be rejected. Such a shame.
I believe that this same thing occurs in lives of many women, single women mostly, or simply women who wish to gain the attention of some man. They wash their body with Bath & Body Works™, they shampoo their hair with Herbal Essence™, they straighten their eyelashes with L’Oreal™ mascara, they cake on Bare Escentuals™, they fill out their lips with Maybelline™ lipstick, all because they want some cat to notice them. Cool.
Then I started to think about my love relationship with the Lord and how I can make myself more attractive to him. For those who wish to catch the Lord’s eye, the Bible is your Vogue™ Magazine and the models you should pay attention to are the people who despite their many flaws and imperfections, chased after his heart. Without condition, they glorified him despite their situation and they made his agenda their top priority.
I believe that many times we want to paint our lives and cover up the blemishes that the Lord would find unattractive. You can wear Prada boots, 30 carat diamonds, make an honest living, volunteer for community service, and go to church every Sunday of the year, but if you aren’t being fruitful in the Spirit, how attractive do you think you are going to be to the Lord underneath it all. You should ask yourself, “How good do I look to the Lord?” Under all of my clothes, under my job, under my degrees, under everything else that people hide behind because we think we can give the Lord the appearance of the bride that he desires, but not the whole thing.
How will you catch the Lord’s eye?
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