JACKS DAILY DEVOTIONAL THOUGHTS
(Romans 5:3) "Tribulation worketh patience."
Isn’t it interesting how as we get older, we tend to become more patient, even though we have less time left?
Have you ever wondered “why is that”?
I think it’s all about “perspective”!
The word perspective means… “a particular way of considering something”… or “to think about a situation or problem in a wise and reasonable way”
Perspective is all about how we see things!
Our problems haven’t changed that much, but our “perspective” has.
Things that once upset us don’t anymore, because we’ve lived long enough to know “His grace is sufficient” (2nd Corinthians 12:9).
That “this to will pass”.
Life can be bad, then it can be good, then it can be bad again.
But, the main thing to remember is that nothing is permanent in life.
Bad times cannot last forever, and neither can good.
The sun will always set, but it will rise again in the morning.
There is always hope, and the pain will pass.
Once you realize that it’s no big deal (and most things aren’t)… you can say… “been there, done that"!
Instead of fretting and complaining, which doesn’t work and only steals our joy… we need to learn to sing “Great is Thy faithfulness, O God my Father… There is no shadow of turning with Thee.
Thou changest not, Thy compassions, they fail not… As Thou hast been, Thou forever will be.”
Like Joseph, of old...you can look back to times in life you thought you would never get through… and stuff you thought you would never survive… and say, “You meant evil against me… but God meant it for good” (Genesis 50:20).
Yes, perspective produces patience… (Romans 5:3-5) tells us “We can rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that sufferings produce endurance/patience and … endurance/patience… produces character and character produces hope and hope does not put us to shame”.
When we run into problems and trials… we know they are good for us… they help us learn to be patient… and patience develops strength of character…and helps us trust God more each time we use it… until finally our hope and faith are strong and steady.
When that happens, we are able to hold our heads high no matter what happens and know that all is well.
"For we have experienced… and yes have come to know how dearly God loves us, and we feel this warm love everywhere within us because God has given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with his love” (Romans 5:3-5).
In the book of (Hebrews 10:35-36) the writer writes to us saying “So do not throw away your confidence in Him… it will be richly rewarded.
You have need of patience, you need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what He has promised”.
That’s where faith comes in!
To persevere… to be “steadfast and unmovable”!
So as you deal with each of the irritating issues of life that tend to tire us all out… remember that God is using them to make us stronger and wiser.
They are actually tests... to see if we have learned our “lessons” as it were.
So today determine to let God develop your patience.
O and “give thanks continually for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus” (1st Thessalonians 5:8)
Good day!
(John 15:15) “Instead, I have called you friends”,
Yesterday I left you with the question, “are you a friend of God”?
I love the old Gospel song called “Friendship with Jesus”,
The lyric says the following, “Friendship with Jesus, fellowship divine, Oh what blessed sweet communion, Jesus is a friend of mine.
When God is your friend, divine activity accelerates.
When God has a useful vessel that has been prepared for noble purposes, He will use that vessel.
Similarly, God will use the one who “walks” with Him.
But He's looking especially for three crucial qualities… humility, faithfulness, and loyalty.
He wants to work with friends who are loyal to him, no matter what.
Enoch was the quintessential example of a man who walked with God.
He walked so closely with God that He was always in the Spirit.
He and God… discussing the mysteries of creation and eternity
together.
Jesus would often go away from the people, go away from the disciples, get away from the crowds, so that He could go to His secret place with God.
The secret place is where we develop a walking relationship with God.
We must develop a secret history with God before he gives us a public history before people.
Hidden in the secret place, we learn what He's looking for in friends, and we find out what pleases Him.
Our inner chamber with Him becomes our training ground for a life that is rooted and grounded in love.
The term "secret place" appears in the Old and New Testaments and most often refers to the way our soul is in relationship with God.
For example, (Psalm 27:5) says, "For He will hide me in His shelter in the day of trouble… He will conceal me under the cover of His tent… He will lift me high upon a rock."
This "tent" of God is, of course, not a piece of camping equipment or ancient desert dwelling.
This is the word “cether”… used in the Hebrew language and refers to a place to hide or be concealed… a secret place.
In the New Testament, Jesus instructs us to go to a quiet place, a secret place, a room with the door shut when we pray (Matthew 6:6).
He is not telling us, necessarily, about a physical location to pray, but a secret place in our lives… set aside for one-on-one time with God… a place of solitude.
When we spend time with someone, we learn more about them, and with enough time we even tak on similar qualities… even beginning to act like them.
When we spend time alone with God, we learn more about Him and it is also a way He transforms us to become more like Him.
Spending time in our "secret place" with God is one way of choosing the Spirit over the flesh (Romans 8:5-8).
When we do that, we have more of a heavenly, eternal perspective.
This idea of a secret place is not a call to a monastic existence.
It is also not a call to make our spiritual lives secretive or private.
Rather, having a secret place is an “intentional decision” to establish a routine that includes time with God, reading the Bible, praying, and listening to Him.
It is those times when He will meet you there (John 14:21)
This secret place, where we meet with God one-on-one, is where we should often find ourselves.
(Psalm 91:1–2) says, "He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to the Lord, 'My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.'"
Abiding in God, we find shelter, refuge, and a fortress/protection and provision.
It is in the secret place that we are most vulnerable with God and experience His intimate love.
Jesus told us that He confides His kingdom purposes to his friends (John 15:15).
So today make this your prayer, “Lord, I want to be your friend, your confidant, loyal to the death.
I want to walk with you, talk with you, listen to you, hear your heart, and participate in your activities in this momentous hour.
Teach me Lord, to walk with you!”
Now comes your part, start walking with Him.
Find a secret place and make Him your priority
Good day!
(Genesis 5:22–24) “and Enoch walked with God…and he was not, for God took him”.
Not only is God looking for a bride whom will cling to Him… but also a bride that will be a “walking partner”.
From the very beginning, God had a relationship with Adam and Eve that found them "walking in the garden in the cool of the day" (Genesis 3:8).
God created man for the enjoyment of a “walking” relationship… a relationship that involved companionship, dialogue, intimacy, joint decision-making, mutual delight, and shared dominion.
I know of many whom rise early in the morning and they join with a walking partner and it is during those walks that a bond of friendship is experienced that is not reached by casual acquaintance.
The walk not only makes exercise fun, it also deepens their friendship.
Jesus went on these kinds of walks with His disciples, and He still likes to walk with us this way today.
The secret place with God is not a destination… it is a relationship.
It is designed of God to establish an “intimate” friendship with Him that is walked out through the course of our daily lives.
The goal we should be pursuing, is an everyday walk of unbroken communion with our Lord and friend.
Enoch was the first man in the Bible who walked with God.
The Bible says, “And Enoch walked with God… and he was not, for God took him (Genesis 5:22–24).
Even though it was common for men and women of the ancients to call upon the name of the Lord (Genesis 4:26)… Enoch was the first man to uncover the true delight of walking with God.
He found something even Adam didn't experience.
He pressed into God until he learned how to commune with God through every facet of life.
To find that dimension of relationship certainly required an intense spiritual pursuit, and then when he found it, the Lord made a graphic statement by taking Enoch up to heaven.
By taking Enoch up to glory, God wasn't trying to impress us with Enoch's piety.
Nor was God saying, "If you get to be as spiritual as Enoch, you'll get taken up to heaven, too."
This was a unique experience God used to emphasize a specific point.
God's point was… "I love to walk with this man!
Enoch was the first man to truly walk with me, so I decided to highlight his example by doing something extraordinary with him.
I took him up to paradise to underscore how much I value and desire a daily walking relationship with my chosen ones."
Enoch's example continues as a witness to all generations of the great zeal God has in walking with humanity.
When the zeal of God captures you… when you understand the great favor God has for you… the delight that He feels when you come into His presence… it should and will ignite you with a greater passion to walk with God and to be his friend.
Imagine being Enoch and living 365 years…each day having this growing relationship with God!
One can only wonder what glorious depths of intimacy Enoch uncovered with God.
Perhaps Enoch's heart longed so deeply for more of God that God grew weary of withholding himself.
Maybe God's heart was saying, "Enoch, you love me with such a pure and sweet passion, I don't want to say 'no' to you anymore.
I'm going to answer your prayer and show you my face. Come on home with me!"
Now as you and I walk with God and daily draw closer to Him, its not likely that he will transfer us or take you up to heaven as He did Enoch.
However the Apostle Paul.. who found his delight for living life in a daily relationship with God… was caught into the third heaven to see and experience things with God that He said He wasn’t allowed to speak of (2nd Corinthians 12:2)
And that same divine revelation will be granted to you and I the more intimate we become with God in our walk with Him.
However, He does desire to reveal the beauty of His face to you.
There is a “secret place”, where God invites all of us to enter.
It’s a secret place, where we meet with God “one-on-one”.
(Psalm 91:1-2 ) says, "He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to the Lord, ‘My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust’."
Abiding in God, we find shelter, refuge, and a fortress or protection.
It is in the secret place that we are most vulnerable with God and can deeply experience His intimate love.
When we walk with God, we enter a dimension where God unfolds the secrets of His Kingdom.
These are the paths that the ancients trod before us.
Noah knew the secret of walking with God (Genesis 6:9), as did Abraham (Genesis 24:40).
Through Christ, you can explore the glorious riches of “knowing God” like they did… and to an even greater degree… because of the “Spirit” which has been given to us!
“What we have received is not the spirit of the world, but the ‘Spirit’, who is from God, so that we may understand what God has freely given us.” (1st Corinthians 2:12)
God wants to walk “with” us before He works “through” us.
So He waits “to act”… until He finds the right man or woman with whom He can walk.
To put it bluntly, God works with his friends.
So the question I put before you today is this… have you learned to walk with God… are you a friend of God?
Good Day!
(Psalm 91:1-2 ) says, "He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to the Lord, ‘My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust’."
Abiding in God, we find shelter, refuge, and a fortress or protection.
It is in the secret place that we are most vulnerable with God and can deeply experience His intimate love.
When we walk with God, we enter a dimension where God unfolds the secrets of His Kingdom.
These are the paths that the ancients trod before us.
Noah knew the secret of walking with God (Genesis 6:9), as did Abraham (Genesis 24:40).
Through Christ, you can explore the glorious riches of “knowing God” like they did… and to an even greater degree… because of the “Spirit” which has been given to us!
“What we have received is not the spirit of the world, but the ‘Spirit’, who is from God, so that we may understand what God has freely given us.” (1st Corinthians 2:12)
God wants to walk “with” us before He works “through” us.
So He waits “to act”… until He finds the right man or woman with whom He can walk.
To put it bluntly, God works with his friends.
So the question I put before you today is this… have you learned to walk with God… are you a friend of God?
Good Day!
(Hebrews 3:1) "Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, who share in the heavenly calling, fix your thoughts on Jesus, whom we acknowledge as our apostle and high priest."
The bible says that Jesus would go out to pray early in the morning as was His custom or “habit” (Luke 22:39)
Paul the great Apostle of the Church was a man of habitual prayer as well.
Every letter that He wrote in the New Testament of the scriptures is filled with exhortation to habitual prayer.
Habits are very interesting character traits that reveal what it is that we dwell on or think on.
Let's say you're trying to lose weight, but you love doughnuts.
How can you overcome the temptation to eat more than what are healthy for you?
By repeating, "I must not eat doughnuts, I must not eat doughnuts, I must not eat doughnuts"?
No, the more you think about doughnuts, the more you're going to want them.
Instead you must focus on something else, (like Jesus), who can help you overcome the temptation to eat every doughnut you see.
Your problem is not in the doughnut shop… it's in your mind.
That's where victory is won or lost.
Paul the Apostle was very aware of what habits could do to destroy you or elevate you.
That’s why he penned the following advise for the believers of his day...
(Philippians 4:8) Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy, meditate on, (think about), these things.
He also writes in (Romans 12:1-2) … "Dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all He has done for you.
Let them be a living and holy sacrifice, the kind He will find acceptable.
This is truly the way to worship Him.
Don't copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think.
Then you will learn to know God's will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect"
Yes you can lock yourself up in a room, you can distance yourself from the issue at hand or the problem that you keep facing, however you still think about doughnuts.
On the other hand, you can get your mind on Jesus, draw strength from Him, and drive victoriously past every doughnut shop in town.
The same principle applies to any habit you want to break and any sin you want to conquer.
Does victory come easily, or overnight? No!
Satan tempted Jesus repeatedly in the wilderness, and he'll keep tempting you until he realizes his strategies no longer work. "Then the devil left Him, and behold, angels came and ministered to Him" (Matthew 4:11).
Through Christ, you can find the strength and victory to conquer your bad habit, and the ability to form new healthy habits.
The bible says that the “natural mind” is at “enmity” with God. (Romans 8:7)
This means it does not come naturally to fight this kind of fight.
However you have to change your mind, and the best way to do that is to allow Jesus (thru the power and the presence of the of the Holy Spirit) to begin to reprogram your mind. on what it thinks about.
That’s where prayer and meditation on the Word of God comes in.
That’s where quiet time with God becomes so important.
Believe me, a quiet time with God each day will begin the “reprograming process”!
(Proverbs 23:7) says “for as a man thinketh in his heart so is he”!
So you may be thinking right now “I have tried to pray and read Gods Word” but nothing seems to happen”.
“I don’t know where to start”!
“The bible just seems to be a bunch of stories about old and ancient people that have no relevance to me”.
Well let me give you a bit of advice, and do what I do.
When you start your prayer time or quiet time with God, bow your head in prayer and ask him, “God I want to spend some time with you and begin to let your Word speak to me”.
“Please speak to my heart right now about those things that you want me to start dealing with or that are a matter of concern.”
Then take your smart phone or tablet or go to your computer and google the thoughts that come to mind.
There will be a plethora of links with scriptural data that come up… but most of them will deal with topics that relate to the thoughts that God, thru His Spirit has planted in your mind.
I then start reading them and begin to literally talk to God about them.
It’s amazing how quickly and hour will go by and after dedicated time to doing this, your relationship with God will become something that is rather unique and rewarding.
Just make sure you don’t get tempted to start “surfing the net” instead of surfing with God!
Good Day!
(Luke 6:12) "He went out into the mountains to pray, and prayed all night."
In any satisfying relationship, it is necessary for the two parties to spend time together to experience the oneness, and the comfort, the encouragement and the security that cultivate those special intimate times together.
Why do you need a quiet time with God each day?
Because Jesus did, and He's your example: "He was up long before daybreak and went to pray" (Mark 1:35).
The truth is, we make time for what we value most, for the people we love most, for our highest priorities, and for what we find the most rewarding.
Notice, Jesus seldom prayed for anybody in public.
Why?
Because He'd already done His praying before He got there!
He made deposits each morning so that He could make withdrawals all day long.
And the busier He got, the more He prayed.
Did He know something we don't?
Jesus had no difficulty choosing between the crowd's agenda and His Father's will.
He said "I can do nothing on my own. I judge as God tells me. Therefore, my judgment is just, because I carry out the will of the One who sent me" (John 5:30).
Why do spiritual leaders sometimes fall?
Because they get caught up in the work, and neglect their relationship with Him.
“Neglected relationships” are the number one reason that marriages fail.
“Neglected relationship” with God are how and why believers lose their first love for God.
Listen folks, if you want a marriage that stays vibrant, satisfying, fulfilling and intimate, “pay attention to your spouse”.
Give them your time and spend time with them.
To the church at Ephesus, (Revelation 2:5) … the Church whom had lost her first love for Him… Jesus said “Do the first works” go back to when you first fell in love.
Spend time in the presence of your Savior, (Psalm 37:4) “delight thy self in the Lord, and He will, give you the desires of your heart”.
Make Him your priority.
The same goes for a marriage or any relationship that seems to be interesting or have the potential for long term satisfaction.
Time spent together, is the cement for a strong relationship.
Throughout history, anyone who has been greatly used by God was a person of prayer.
Martin Luther said, "I have so much to do that I must spend the first three hours each day in prayer."
Ceaseless activity will drain you and leave you vulnerable to Satan's attack.
The sign on a church bulletin board says it all: "Seven days with out prayer, makes one weak."
So the busier you become, the more time you need to spend with God.
Simply stated if you're too busy to have a quiet time with God, you're too busy!
Remember, He's not asking for your whole day, just a little of your time, just a little of your heart given to Him and your the one who benefits from it.
Good Day!
(Revelation 4:11) "And for thy pleasure they were created".
Most every morning as I'm waking up, I awake with this sense that there is a presence that is waiting to be with me or visit with me. ?
As I've grown older and developed this awareness, I've come to learn and realize that it is the presence of the Holy Spirit/God whom is wanting to commune with me or spend time with me.
Did you know: ?(1) God created you so that He could have a relationship with you.
He made you in order to enjoy your company every day… (Revelation 4:11) "And for thy pleasure they were created".
Your attitude toward your quiet time with God will be transformed when you realize that He wants to spend time with you, waits for you, and welcomes you into His presence.
(2) The cross is what made this relationship possible.
When Adam sinned, God drove him from the Garden of Paradise and placed angels with swords at its entrance so that mankind could never re-enter to eat of The Tree of Life.
The Tree of Life was placed in the Garden of Eden as part of God’s perfect creation.
Scripture says, “And out of the ground the Lord God made every tree grow that is pleasant to the sight and good for food.
The tree of life was also in the midst of the garden” (Genesis 2:9)
The Tree of Life was not symbolic only.
It was a real provision through which God sustained human life.
Adam and Eve were created mortal but with access to immortality through obedience and dependence on God.
As long as they remained in harmony with God, they could eat freely of the Tree of Life and live forever.
When Adam and Eve disobeyed God by eating from the tree of The Knowledge of Good and Evil, sin entered the human experience.
God had warned, “In the day that you eat of it you shall surely die” (Genesis 2:17).
Sin was not merely a broken rule... it was a rupture in trust, loyalty, and relationship with the Creator.
The consequences were immediate and far-reaching.
Shame, fear, separation, and death entered the world… humanity was now fallen and sinful.
After the fall, God expressed a specific concern regarding the Tree of Life.
Scripture records, “Then the Lord God said, ‘Behold, the man has become like one of us, to know good and evil.
And now, lest he put out his hand and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever…’” (Genesis 3:22)
This statement reveals God’s reasoning.
Sin had entered the world and Sin had to be blocked.
If fallen humanity were allowed to eat from the Tree of Life, they would live forever in a sinful, broken state.
That outcome would be a tragedy, not a blessing.
Living forever while separated from God, burdened by sin, pain, and corruption, would lock suffering into eternity.
God never intended immortality apart from righteousness.
The Tree of Life was designed to sustain life in a sinless world.
Once sin entered, access to the tree had to be restricted.
Blocking the Tree of Life prevented sin from becoming eternal.
Then God did something truly amazing! ?
He took on human form, lived among us, died in our place, and was cut down by the sword of divine judgment at the cross, providing us with a way back into His presence.
In the Old Testament only one man, the High Priest, could go into the Holy of Holies and he could only do it one day a year.
A thick veil separated God from the people.
?
They stood outside wondering what God's voice sounded like, what His presence felt like, and what His glory looked like.
But only the high priest knew.
And when Jesus cried, "It is finished", as He hung on the cross (John 19:30)… the Bible says, "The veil of the temple was torn in two from the top [where God was] to the bottom [where we were]" (Mark 15:38).
Now, as "priests unto God" we can come into His presence at any time and meet with Him (Revelation 1:6).
What a privilege! "Grace" makes it possible.
And "gratitude", should be the magnet that draws you there each day.
The benefits? Well they far out weigh the cost of the time spent!
(John 15:9-16) “As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you.
Now remain in my love.
If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love.
I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.
My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.
Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.
You are my friends if you do what I command.
I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business.
Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.
You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit… fruit that will last… and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you. “
What an amazing declaration from the heart and mouth of God!
How can we not respond to such an invitation?
You know it takes approximately 5 minutes to read this devotional each day.
Maybe another minute to digest some of the content clearly, and possibly 3 to 7 minutes to pray and touch the hem of Gods garment in gratitude, thanksgiving, praise, and petitions unto Him for your provision and protection.
Ten minutes to 15 minutes each day!
Is that to much time to give to a God whom loves us, calls us His friends, protects us, provides for us and promises us a secure eternity under His watchful eye?
Good Day!
(Psalm 27:8) "My heart says of you, 'Seek His face!' Your face Lord, I will seek."
In his book “Talking Dogs”, Sam Mason discusses how God can use our pets to speak to us.
Looking back on some dogs he has owned and the lessons he learned from them he wrote;
“One such occasion was when Ranger, our eleven-pound Italian greyhound, was sitting on my lap as I relaxed in the recliner.
From my peripheral vision I noticed that familiar, endearing little tilt of the head as he looked me directly in the face.
I found myself wondering what was he thinking?
A second later I warmed to the pleasure of divine inspiration, as the explanation flowed into my stream of thought.
Ranger was seeking my face!
You see, dogs become students of their owners.
Their comprehension of spoken human language is limited to a handful of words.
Their capacity to understand a creature of far greater intellect is restricted, so they study our movements, our facial expressions, hand gestures, and other body language.
Likewise, we have limited understanding of our Master”.
From our scripture text this morning, David writes the following assertion… “Your face Lord I will seek!”
So how do we ‘seek the face’ of someone who is so far our superior?
To be honest with you there are only three sure ways… with a possible fourth that is beyond our control but totally manifested by the Lord Himself.
The Lord reveals Himself through His Word first… then thru prayer… and thru the intervention of the Holy Spirit that lives or resides within us.
That’s where our pursuit begins.
And the truth is, statistics report that few “professing Believers” actually read and study the Bible on any regular basis.
The word of God tells us… “Thy Word O Lord is a light unto my path and lamp unto my feet” (Psalms 119:105).”
(Psalms 119:129-131) “Wonderful are Your testimonies… therefore I obey them. The unfolding of Your words gives light; it informs the simple. I open my mouth and pant, longing for Your commandments”.
(Luke 4:4) – (Matthew 4:4) “Man shall not live by bread alone but by every Word that proceeds from the mouth of God.”
(Colossians 3-16) “Let the word of Christ dwell within you richly.”
But beyond the Scriptures, there are only really two other ways other ways to seek God’s face.
Seeking Gods face in prayer opens up our spiritual senses as it were… to the influences and instructions of the Holy Spirit… who reveals the intentions of God and the understanding of His Word.
Beyond that are the "supernatural experiences" that unfold as we walk with the intent to serve Him the best we can or know how.
From my peripheral vision I noticed that familiar, endearing little tilt of the head as he looked me directly in the face.
I found myself wondering what was he thinking?
A second later I warmed to the pleasure of divine inspiration, as the explanation flowed into my stream of thought.
Ranger was seeking my face!
You see, dogs become students of their owners.
Their comprehension of spoken human language is limited to a handful of words.
Their capacity to understand a creature of far greater intellect is restricted, so they study our movements, our facial expressions, hand gestures, and other body language.
Likewise, we have limited understanding of our Master”.
From our scripture text this morning, David writes the following assertion… “Your face Lord I will seek!”
So how do we ‘seek the face’ of someone who is so far our superior?
To be honest with you there are only three sure ways… with a possible fourth that is beyond our control but totally manifested by the Lord Himself.
The Lord reveals Himself through His Word first… then thru prayer… and thru the intervention of the Holy Spirit that lives or resides within us.
That’s where our pursuit begins.
And the truth is, statistics report that few “professing Believers” actually read and study the Bible on any regular basis.
The word of God tells us… “Thy Word O Lord is a light unto my path and lamp unto my feet” (Psalms 119:105).”
(Psalms 119:129-131) “Wonderful are Your testimonies… therefore I obey them. The unfolding of Your words gives light; it informs the simple. I open my mouth and pant, longing for Your commandments”.
(Luke 4:4) – (Matthew 4:4) “Man shall not live by bread alone but by every Word that proceeds from the mouth of God.”
(Colossians 3-16) “Let the word of Christ dwell within you richly.”
But beyond the Scriptures, there are only really two other ways other ways to seek God’s face.
Seeking Gods face in prayer opens up our spiritual senses as it were… to the influences and instructions of the Holy Spirit… who reveals the intentions of God and the understanding of His Word.
Beyond that are the "supernatural experiences" that unfold as we walk with the intent to serve Him the best we can or know how.
Unfortunately these supernatural experiences are few and far between because we all get so busy that we seldom make “seeking Gods face” a priority.
An example of those supernatural experiences can take place as we “pay attention” to the ways of God… as the Holy Spirit moves upon your heart during church services.
That’s why it is good to go to a church service and worship together with a household of believers.
Another is to “learn” from His “interventions” as you experience those “God instances”… where something supernatural happened in your life and those of your fellow believers.
Behind His works are His ways!
We must determine to become a student of the Master at every opportunity.
If we really want to know Him... them we must be a people that seek His face!
Let me ask you… are you one that regularly seeks His face?
If you really want to know Him and enjoy His presence, power and purpose in your life…
Then today is a good time to start… that’s what these daily devotions are all about!
Good Day!
Let me ask you… are you one that regularly seeks His face?
If you really want to know Him and enjoy His presence, power and purpose in your life…
Then today is a good time to start… that’s what these daily devotions are all about!
Good Day!