It is better to fall into the merciful hands of Christ than to trust ourselves or our ways. Christ reprimands the areas where He has worked and found no resulting change of heart. When we read His story, we also can choose. Jesus´s words can either stir us and make us seek His presence or not. It depends on how receptive our hearts are. Calling ourselves Christians does not mean we have established a relationship with Christ. We need to go out and see to it that it gets done. So, when Jesus reprimands the cities where He has done great works, pray that God finds a reaction in us. The Lord is working among us today as well. He is moving in the cities, churches, families, and our social circles. Let us look up for the answers from above. Let us not delay!
Dear Lord, we cannot even begin to wonder at all the things you are working on that we cannot see. Please help our limited sight. Accept our hearts even though they are filled with imperfections. Let us turn to You today. We do not want to give You any reason for concern like those cities of old. If we cannot see you move, please draw us closer until we do see. Do this in Your name and for Your glory we pray, Amen
Isaiah 55:6-7 ESV / “Seek the Lord while he may be found; call upon him while he is near; let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the Lord, that he may have compassion on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
Jeremiah 29:11-13 ESV / For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you. You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.
James 4:8 ESV / Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
Psalm 145:18 ESV / The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.
Psalm 50:15 ESV / And call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.”
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.
Psalm 9:10 ESV / And those who know your name put their trust in you, for you, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you.
John 15:5 ESV / I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.
Psalm 37:4-5 ESV / Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him, and he will act.
1 Chronicles 16:11 ESV / Seek the Lord and his strength; seek his presence continually!
Matthew 11:28-30 ESV / Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”
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