Hebrews 11:6 And without faith it is impossible to please God, becaue anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.
Earnest- a serious and intent mental state is my God-seeking "serious and intent" or more casual and sporadic? As I look over the history of my blog, I see large gaps in my entries. Not all these gaps are a lack of earnest seeking, but they do align farily well with the dates when I have spent time alone with God. I tend to write during/after my quiet time.
During those seasons when I am earnestly seeking, what am I truly seeking?
"Seek HIM"- Does my morning time focus on God, or on what God can do for me?
"Help me with this. Please heal him." "She needs a job." "This ministry needs your blessing."
As modeled in the "Lord's Prayer", petitions should be part of a person's prayer life, but seeking God, knowing his fullness, experiencing his majesity, praising his being are, I believe, what God wants most from his children. The "gimme', heal me, help me" stream of prayers turn our relationship with God into a selfish, surface proposition.
First and foremost "earnestly seek him." Make knowing God at a deeper, more intimate level the goal of your Christian life. As our relationship with him grows, only good can come from that. All other aspects of a "good" Christian life will flow from a deeper relationship with the Creator.
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