Bumping the thread to ask another question. What if I continue to ask and hope for a mate, but it's not on God's agenda for me to be married? If faith in God goes unrewarded, then there's not much else to have faith in.
I believe you just answered your question.
Hebrews 10 says "Without faith it's impossible to please God, because those who come to Him mus believe He Is, and that He is a rewarder of them who diligently seek Him."
Desire is not faith; and there are two parts to faith. Believing God Is- Not that He was- and believing that He's faithful to follow through. If you're not sure He's a rewarder, if you believe God is going to let you go without and because you're so thick in your skull and He just hasn't communicated His plans to you, then I don't believe that is faith, as much as it is a hope or a desire. Both hope and desire are important and we should definitely place some priority on that, just as God has, but your faith hasn't been made perfect.
How do you know when your faith is made perfect? Very simply- you'll have thanksgiving! I'm not talking about fake thanksgiving, where you're doing it out of gritted teeth. But joy begins to pour out of you.
Second issue- faith in God is not believing God will, soon, hasn't, and is waiting to do something. When you pray and ask, you must believe that you receive the moment you pray, and not that He's waiting until you reach a high enough level of faith to receive. How does a person do that? They need to understand that everything the Lord provides for you will come out of Christ, and has to be provided by grace through faith. You need to understand that when God placed Jesus on the cross, one of the relationships He wanted to renew was the marriage relationship. God had your mate in mind, the day Jesus died on that cross, and not 2 days after your prayer request went through the heavens.
It's obvious that God's provision doesn't always come through, just as not everyone get saved; and that's because you have to put faith in what He provided. If you were able to believe for the best possible gift Jesus could provide, it should be 1000 times easier to believe for all this other stuff. Sad to say, we struggle; and alot of that comes from all of the doubting and unbelieving stuff we read and feast our eyes on.
I'd like to add something else- God likes to catch people who are busy about their Father's work. I'm not talking about witnessing, and on the pulpit; but you can't be effective in receiving a mate when you won't get your hand off the door handle. Let God open that door for you. Find your peace in understand what God's already provided and get busy. Just as Adam had to rest in order for God to provide His mate, you too should rest, and let God bring her/him to you.