Friday, March 22, 2013

isn't everyone self-seeking?

Everyone is self-seeking.  We want our own way. We want our own comfort, security, power, control, wealth, prosperity, prestige... and we want one or more of these things more for ourselves than for anyone else.

When the Spirit of the Living God comes to live in our hearts we change and we are new.  The old person with in us is still fighting to be self-seeking, but the new person only desires to seek God.

God-seeking has to do with spending time in prayer and Bible study, but there is much more to it.  God- seeking is possible only once we've realized & accepted that He has given everything to seek us & redeem us. God-seeking is thanking Him for everything, which is in essence opening everything as a gift that He has given us regardless of the pain or pleasure it brings (everything has eternal purpose). God-seeking has to do with being obedient which rolls into spending quality time with Him as He is with us and working through us "in the moment" that become moments that never stop.  Living "in the moment" every moment with God is in essence praying without ceasing (1 Thes 5:17). Psalm 16:8 “ I keep my eyes always on the Lord, with Him at my right hand, I will not be shaken".  God-seeking is giving to Him: tithing to your church & ministries, giving time in obedience, and giving resources to the needy (Matt 26:34).  God-seeking is welcoming Him to touch our lives, welcoming Him to change us for the better, welcoming Him to work through us as He wills.  God-seeking rather than self-seeking will revolutionize & completely redeem our lives.

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