Draw near to Him
The challenge is to draw near to him and he will draw near to us. Sounds easy but I’ve been really amazed at how hard I find this. It’s so easy to get caught up with everything else apart from seeking his face
Even on fire school you can get caught in the trap of prayer being your job, come in lay your requests down and go. I guess this is what the priests in ISrael slipped into. As I read through the prophets words in the bible the message is always the same I don’t want your sacrifices I don’t want your ritual I want you!! He hasn’t changed God is still searching the Earth for hearts that are truly seeking him.
I want to be a heart that is truly seeking him and God’s helping me, he’s just moving everything else out the way. I don’t always appreciate it at first but I’m starting to understand that it’s for my eternal good.
The reward of being close to Jesus and knowing him far outways everything else.
April 20th, 2007 at 12:39 pm
Quote'’ Even on fire school you can get caught in the trap of prayer being your job, come in lay your requests down and go.'’
This made me think. In the bible i was reading yesterday boutgiving in public, and big long repetitive prayers. I have done this myself, and see others doing it all the time. It is a trap, as you say… what were saying is god i dont believe you heard me, i am gonna repeat myself and go on and on, becauase i have no faith. I know god loves us, but even the most patient loving parents must get tired of winging children! I think sumtimes we just got to get on with it, and live life… even if things arnt as we want em to be…cheers.
April 27th, 2007 at 8:29 am
I never thought about it like that before, i often try to show God that He should love me by doing things, it’s actually harder for me to comprehend that He just wants me to seek Him as opposed to do stuff for Him.
Very challenging!