Devotion 9/21, You alone are my heart’s desire
Look to the Lord and his strength; seek his face always.
1 Chronicles 16:11
Where does your strength come from? Do you depend on yourself or this world to build you up and make you a person of character? If you are, you are not going to develop the kind of strength that God desires for His children! As God’s children through faith in Christ, our strength comes from God, and Him alone. When we seek His face through Scripture, and through prayer, then we are developing true and lasting strength, strength that will empower us to live the life that God calls us to live for Him.
Many times in Scripture we are told to “seek God”. God loves us so much and desires to have a close and intimate relationship with us, He did not shed His blood for our sins so we could have a “religion”, He has no desire for us to have a religion. The Pharisees in Jesus’ time were religious and Jesus made it very clear that they were not children of God.
God, as always, wants our hearts, not just our actions! Our good deeds mean absolutely nothing to God if our hearts are not in tune with Him.
Father God, thank You for loving me and for sending Jesus to redeem me to You. Help me to always seek Your face Abba. You are my Rock, my Fortress, and my Deliver in You I place all my trust, Amen!
O Lord, I know you created me uniquely as you fashioned me in my mother’s womb (Psalm 139:13-17). Yet I know I can never have the freedom or creativity in my life that you long for me to discover unless I first seek you and your strength. Please bless me with the assurance of your nearness as I seek you with all of my heart and use my abilities in creative ways to bring you glory. In Jesus’ name, I pray. Amen.
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