As Long As You Seek the Lord

Psalms 77:2 (NKJV) In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord; My hand was stretched out in the night without ceasing; My soul refused to be comforted.

As you follow the lives of those who loved God, we see very clearly that as long as they sought the Lord, they did so very well in life and leadership. We see that as long as they sought the guidance of the Lord and wanted to hear from Him before acting, God led them in some incredible ways.

The same is true of you and me. If we seek the Lord, God will guide us. But if we choose to go out on our own and do our own thing, excluding the wisdom of God, then we will see our lives fractured by our own mistakes. It's important for us to give God the opportunity to guide our lives. Before venturing out, our lives must be bathed with an openness in prayer. How careful we need to be not to pray out to God with our minds made up, almost trying to convince God this is from Him! Instead, our time in prayer should be desperately wanting to know what God's heart is on the matter.

Since you're a child of God, when you come to God in earnest prayer, He promises to answer! Seek Him first. Please.

Seeking Him,
Pastor Ed


Response
I agree, we are learning good stuff about the Holy Spirit. I didn't think it was possible, and I shouldn't be, but I am becoming increasingly amazed by the Power of the Holy Spirit. I was reading this afternoon and in 2 Cor 1:8 where Paul expresses "that we were burdened beyond measure, above strength, so that we despaired even of life" WOW! and some of us are afraid for whatever reason to cross the street to witness. So I went and read what he was talking about in Acts and from about Acts 20:18-24 I was blown away. No man could go through that and still be like, "Ok, I'm going here and doing this and that." But he is clear in saying "And see, now I go bound in the spirit..." It's inexpressible the Power of God. And I know I am always saying, Thank you, Thank you, Pastor Ed. But I do know that it's the Lord and I do say, "Oh Father, I love you, you who provides for our every need and leads us in the way of righteousness...