Tuesday... There are many names for us.

I am a husband, a son, a brother, a father, a grandfather, a papa, a friend, a blogger and I am a Christian. Each one describes me.

I am also a seeker. I really am. Each morning I get up and open my Bible and seek to find a word, a word of encouragement, a word to share, a word of challenge, a word of guidance, a word of direction, a word of description. I am a seeker of God and His expectations of me. I am a seeker. I hope and pray that we will always be seekers.

Psalm 105:4 (NLT) says, "Search for the Lord and for his strength; continually seek him." That is what He wants from us. It is so easy to believe that we have arrived. But there is more, so much more.

I've known some who accepted Jesus into their life, got baptised then said, that's it, I have arrived, I've done what I needed to do, but there is so much more.

Verses 4 & 5 in The MESSAGE says, "Keep your eyes open for God, watch for his works; be alert for signs of his presence. Remember the world of wonders he has made, his miracles he's rendered." There is so much more.

Proverbs 15:14 (NLT) says, "A wise person is hungry for knowledge, while the fool feeds on trash." And then verse 33 (MSG), "Fear-of-God is a school in skilled living - first you learn humility, then you experience glory." If you want to know all about Him, if you want to depend on Him, if you want to please Him, if you want to obey Him, if you want to experience Him then you need to seek Him.

Again, "Search for the Lord and for his strength; continually seek him." "Remember the world of wonders he has made, his miracles he's rendered." Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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Tuesday... I wonder what would happen if we didn't take the credit?

Nehemiah 6:16b (NLT), "They realized this work had been done with the help of our God." Tuesday... I wonder what would happen if we didn't take the credit? Over in the Old Testament in the book of Nehemiah it tells of a major task that through the leadership of Nehemiah was accomplished. The walls of Jerusalem had been torn down and God had laid it on Nehemiah to build those walls back up. It was definitely an almost impossible task but Nehemiah 6:15-16 says, "So on October 2 the wall was finished - just fifty-two days after we had begun. When our enemies and the surrounding nations heard about it, they were frightened and humiliated. They realized this work had been done with the help of our God." Now, we so many times want to take credit for doing the impossible. It would make such a difference for us. But I wonder what would happen through us if God got the credit? Psalm 96 tells us what we are to do. Verses 2-3 says, "Sing to the LORD; praise his name. ...

Tuesday... We just have trouble listening.

1 Corinthians 13:7 (NLT), "Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance." Tuesday... We just have trouble listening. Over in Jeremiah 25:4 (NLT) it says, "Again and again the LORD has sent you his servants, the prophets, but you have not listened or even paid attention." And Jeremiah went on to tell what was going to happen. There will be consequences if we do not listen to what God says through his Word. Now the Apostle Paul over in 1 Corinthians was having a problem with some professed Christ followers who were having trouble at listening. And we too can have problems at listening. We can think that being a Christ follower means we do a lot of finger pointing and we give up on people who don't do what we say. We can even do that in our families. But Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 13:7 (NLT), "Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance." In verse ...

Thursday... Yet, now this is true.

Colossians 1:22a (NLT), "Yet now he has reconciled you to himself through the death of Christ in his physical body." Thursday... Yet, now this is true. Now Paul a prisoner in Rome is writing a letter to a church in Colossae. And in Colossians 1:21 (MSG) he says, "Once you were alienated from God and were hostile in your minds, engaging in evil deeds" The NLT says "This includes you who were once far away from God. You were his enemies, separated by your evil thoughts and actions." And that is where so many in this world live today. They are blowing it and they don't know what to do. Yes, they are hostile in their minds and they are engaging in evil deeds but there is Good News. Now Paul in verses 19-20 sets the stage for an answer to those who don't want to live that way. He says, "For God in all his fullness was pleased to live in Christ, and through him God reconciled everything to himself. He made peace with everything in heaven and earth b...

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