What does it look like to earnestly seek the Lord? How do we live wholeheartedly?
“All of Judah rejoiced about the oath because they had sworn it wholeheartedly. They sought God eagerly, and He was found by them. So the Lord gave them rest on every side.” (2 Chronicles 15:15 NIV) Our friends and mentors brought this scripture to intercessory…
When we are heirs, we don’t get to pick and choose what responsibilities and benefits we prefer. Sons and daughters receive the challenges and blessings in equal stride.
When we resist God’s salvation offer, we invite the worst the enemy has to offer into our lives. He sets up ramps against us, readies himself to do battle on every side and sees fit to destroy us completely. But what happens when we surrender first to a loving God and gracious Savior?
This scripture skips across a couple hundred cell towers and into my heart. “He gently leads those that have young.” This isn’t just a promise for the young, but for those who have young. What comfort!
We, as wealthy Americans, are drinking from a fire hose of affluence, entertainment and options. We have so drowned ourselves in lesser affections and appetites that we don’t even feel the thirst for God in our own frames. We might go our entire lives without ever truly awakening to our deepest need.
For Joseph, there were a lot of years of pain and questioned purpose between Canaan’s pit and Egypt’s pinnacle.
Healthy, sustained relationships flow in forgiveness, in both the giving and the receiving, alike.
Women aren’t blazing a trail apart from our Guide, we are responding to the gentle but urgent tug of our Savior.