SEEKING GOD

I am a fan of video blogs... Yesterday, while perusing the wide world of YouTube, I came across someone who had started a 61 day prayer challenge. The point of it was to enter 2015 with the knowledge that they were doing God's will. It was a prayer challenge to seek God. This seemed like a nice idea to me and although I was already over a month late, I decided to do my own mini prayer challenge.

Throughout the last half of this year, I have constantly prayed for God to show me His will for my life. God is the one who created me and therefore, He is the one who knows me in and out. Most of all, He knows the reason He created me. I therefore pray everyday for God to do His will in my life. I continuously surrender myself to Him. This is the hardest thing that I have ever had to constantly practice, but strangely, it is also the most fulfilling thing as well. Letting go of all my wants and desires, letting go of all my toxic and worldly emotions and letting God's spirit guide my footsteps, there is nothing quite like it.

Seeking God daily is such a hard thing to do, especially at the beginning of our Christian walk. We seem to be asking but the answer doesn't come. We continue asking but still, we do not hear. This can go on for what seems like forever until we are ready to give up. DO NOT GIVE UP!!

The promises of seeking God are throughout the Bible.
       Jeremiah 29:13-14- "You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. I will be found by you" declares the Lord, "I will gather you from the nations and all the places where I have banished you," declares the Lord,"and will bring you back to the place from which I carried you to exile"
      Deuteronomy 4:29- But if from there you seek the Lord your god, you will find Him, if you seek Him with all your heart
      Proverbs 8:17- I love those who love me; and those who diligently seek me will find me

All we have to do is be diligent in our search for the Lord. We should leave everything behind, take up our cross and follow Him. He promises to let us find Him (see the verses above) and to reward us when we do (Hebrews 11:6, Matthew 6:33). The Bible is full of people who constantly sought out God and He was always so faithful. Abraham, Moses, David, Joshua... All of them had a habit of looking and thirsting for God. David always went to God before He waged a war and God always made him win the war. Moses and Joshua constantly spent time in God's presence and Moses even told the Lord that he would not move from where He was unless God went with them (Exodus 33:12-17). Joshua went to the tent of the meeting with Moses and always stayed behind after Moses left (Exodus 33:11)

All these people were not perfect... In Fact they were the farthest from perfect but they found favor with God because they recognized who He was and they sought His will and presence in their lives. They were diligent in their thirst for God and His will.

I don't know about you, but I'm sure that there is no other place I would rather be than buried in God's will. I am determined to run and find Him where He can be found, regardless of everything around me.

Matthew 5:6- Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness for they will be filled

God loves you, and so do I

ADDY