Going After the Lord

There is a frightening notion entering religious circles these days. It is a sense of contentment or security while distance remains between us and God. This is tragic because the deceit robs us of all that we believe we have gained with the Lord. A satisfied Christian is not hungry for more of the Lord. If we are not striving to eradicate any distance between Christ and us, then there is too much of it already there.

It is time to pray for an awakening. It is the hour of emergency. Today, let us seek the Lord again. Renew our efforts to approach the throne of grace so that we may obtain mercy. Give us a greater desire to be with our God!.

Dear Lord, strike us with pain and panic. Make us aware that there is still much more we could have of Your presence. When we realize that You would have us closer, let us drop everything and come running to our knees before You! Find aching souls again that You may fill with Your Spirit, we pray. Amen

Let’s therefore draw near with boldness to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and may find grace for help in time of need. Hebrews 4:16 (WEB)

Psalm 42:1-2 ESV / As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?

Philippians 3:10-11 ESV / That I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, that by any means possible I may attain the resurrection from the dead.

Jeremiah 29:13 ESV / You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.

Psalm 63:1 ESV / O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.

Hebrews 11:6 ESV / And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.

Deuteronomy 4:29 ESV / But from there you will seek the Lord your God and you will find him, if you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul.

Matthew 13:45-46 ESV / “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls, who, on finding one pearl of great value, went and sold all that he had and bought it.