In my times of worries and troubles, there a still, calm voice that says seek me. I know that it is God saying "Seek Me I am right here!"
This is comes from one of my favorite verses in the Bible which would be Jeremiah 29:13 “You will seek Me and you will find Me there when you seek Me with all of your heart”. This has been and will be my goal for my time at Southeastern. I know that God has a plan for me as He stated just two verses ahead (11) ) “ For I know the plans I have for you ,”declares the Lord, “Plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans that will give you hope and a future.” But how is that future even reachable if we as Christians are not constantly and whole-heartedly seeking the Lord in every aspect of our lives.
This leads to the hard questions like, where are we seeking God, and to what extent? Are we chasing after Him with open arms? Or are we just hoping that Christ being all that He is will meet us in our sin without us trying to make the change to repent of our sin and asking Him to do all the work. Because dear friends it doesn’t happen that way! Now I am a firm believer in the grace of Jesus, and just how amazing it is that the Grace of God meets us just where we are no matter where we are! But I am a firm believer that The Lord of all helps those who help themselves. We can pray for change all day long but if we are not doing something about it then we are missing the point and are going to stay there until an action is taken that forces us to remove that sin form our day to day and helps us seek the Lord to get through it. God can only do so much to help us that we do not bother to change than how are we seeking God and becoming closer to Him? The answer of course is that we are not.
We are human Yes and always will be! We will never be seen clean in the eyes of the Lord but we can strive to be more like Him by chasing after Him day by day and by surrendering ourselves to die to all that we are so that daily we can be all that He has for us to be. I was so excited to go to a service this Wednesday with new friends and it just so happened that the preacher preached on this verse and I know it was God who had me there for a reason! It was amazing! I know that this is going to be a truly rewarding yet sometimes challenging goal to seek God, not in just some things but in all things! I know that as long as I stick to the things of Philippians 4:8 “Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable-if anything is excellent or praiseworthy-think about such things” I will be on the track of seeking Christ!
Seeking God starts from within and grows outwardly It starts in your mind and in your heart from the things that you take in (watch, listen to, and say) to the things you put out for the world to see. When you focus on the things that God has in store for us everything else is going to fall into place! This is a something I am going to have to strive at daily! So Lord, may I be found faithful in Your eyes! Blessings to all!
This is comes from one of my favorite verses in the Bible which would be Jeremiah 29:13 “You will seek Me and you will find Me there when you seek Me with all of your heart”. This has been and will be my goal for my time at Southeastern. I know that God has a plan for me as He stated just two verses ahead (11) ) “ For I know the plans I have for you ,”declares the Lord, “Plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans that will give you hope and a future.” But how is that future even reachable if we as Christians are not constantly and whole-heartedly seeking the Lord in every aspect of our lives.
This leads to the hard questions like, where are we seeking God, and to what extent? Are we chasing after Him with open arms? Or are we just hoping that Christ being all that He is will meet us in our sin without us trying to make the change to repent of our sin and asking Him to do all the work. Because dear friends it doesn’t happen that way! Now I am a firm believer in the grace of Jesus, and just how amazing it is that the Grace of God meets us just where we are no matter where we are! But I am a firm believer that The Lord of all helps those who help themselves. We can pray for change all day long but if we are not doing something about it then we are missing the point and are going to stay there until an action is taken that forces us to remove that sin form our day to day and helps us seek the Lord to get through it. God can only do so much to help us that we do not bother to change than how are we seeking God and becoming closer to Him? The answer of course is that we are not.
We are human Yes and always will be! We will never be seen clean in the eyes of the Lord but we can strive to be more like Him by chasing after Him day by day and by surrendering ourselves to die to all that we are so that daily we can be all that He has for us to be. I was so excited to go to a service this Wednesday with new friends and it just so happened that the preacher preached on this verse and I know it was God who had me there for a reason! It was amazing! I know that this is going to be a truly rewarding yet sometimes challenging goal to seek God, not in just some things but in all things! I know that as long as I stick to the things of Philippians 4:8 “Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable-if anything is excellent or praiseworthy-think about such things” I will be on the track of seeking Christ!
Seeking God starts from within and grows outwardly It starts in your mind and in your heart from the things that you take in (watch, listen to, and say) to the things you put out for the world to see. When you focus on the things that God has in store for us everything else is going to fall into place! This is a something I am going to have to strive at daily! So Lord, may I be found faithful in Your eyes! Blessings to all!
