Saturday, March 6, 2010

LIWD :: day 16 :: Choose: Him or What He Can Give


Many seek God, but only for His hand.  They don't want God as much as they want something from God, such as a man, happiness, or a family.  This impure search for God is limited to what you can get.  It is more of a self-love than a God-love.  This seeking will end in misery, not in the union of love you desire.  God...knows your motives.  To grow in your knowledge of God, you must seek God correctly, which means you must also seek God with a pure heart.

A woman with a pure heart for God does not focus on what He gives, but delights in who He is.  She seeks God's face, not just His hand.  Would you want someone to say he loves you just so you would do something for him?  To find, God, you must seek Him with pure motives.  Seek Him for who He is, not just for what He can do for you....

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Singleness does not have to be a curse....Singleness puts you in an advantageous position because, more than likely, you have much more time to seek the Lord now than you will ever have if you marry.


...you must seek God correctly, which means you must also seek God with a pure heart.

God loves us.  Period.  No ifs, ands, or buts about it.  He loves us.  There's nothing you can do to make Him love you more.  There's nothing you can do to make Him love you less.  He loves you unconditionally...no matter what.

As humans, we are naturally selfish.  We live in a world of gimme, gimme, gimme.  Most of us have been guilty, at one point or another, of falsely believing that the world revolves around us.  It's natural that everytime we want something, we turn to God.  Please get me out of this situation.  Please let this happen for me.  Please make this happen.  Please give me this.  Please spare me that.  How often are those pleases followed with thank yous.  How often are those pleases followed by an if it is in Your will?  If you are anything like me, not often enough.  The world does not revolve around us.  Everything does not happen to benefit ourselves.  No matter what we do, how much we try to make things happen, God is in control...always was, always is, and always will be. 

He loves us not despite our flaws and not because of our talents.  He loves us because we are His children.  He created us and He just loves us.  As soon as we can realize that we do not deserve any of the things He has chosen to give us and accept the love that He gives us unconditionally, only then can we truly love Him back the way He deserves to be loved.

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