Bible Verse of The Day – 11-14-23

James 4:8 (NKJV)8 Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

Thinking that we don’t need God will put distance between us and Him.

The more we know we need Him, and the more we want Him to be a part of our lives, the closer He will get to us.

There was a season in my life where I had been praying and praying for certain things to take place. Then one day, (well it seemed like one day for me, though I’m sure it was much more), I felt like God answered a lot of what I had been praying for over the years.

It required me taking certain steps to get there but, by golly, He got me there!

He came in and made everything work out beautifully.

God can do that, and He will if we follow His leading!

So, now that everything was different and He had answered all those prayers and all those concerns I’d had, I allowed myself to kind of fall into cruise control mode.

I stopped asking God for answers to my prayers.

After a while of being in cruise mode, something about it began to bother me.

I kept praying and asking God, “where are you? Things feel different. Our time together felt different and I wanted what we had before”.

I was longing for Him.

I prayed and prayed and kept seeking Him and asking Him, “what is going on?” Did I do something? I want things the way they were with us”.

Time went by and I truly didn’t know why things had changed. He seemed quiet.

Then one day the truth hit me when God asked me, “do you still need Me?”.

I said, “Yes, Lord!”.

And He said, “why aren’t you asking me for help?”.

And my response was very simple and yet it was so eye-opening for me; “I thought that because you took care of all that I was asking for, and now I need to take care of myself with the provision you gave me”.

He said, I will always be there for you. And wherever you are, it’s you who needs to draw in and ask Me again.

It was a total misunderstanding on my part for sure.

You see, we need to need Him.

Just simply need Him.

If we want Him to draw close to us, we need to draw close to Him.

What is it today for you? What is it that you need Him to be there for?

For me, it was His presence that I longed for.

Don’t think you can’t ask Him just for His presence. He loves us and wants us to want Him more than anything.

He wants us to lean on Him. He wants us to walk out our entire life wanting, needing and leaning on Him!

Why does He feel so far away at times?

Because we have forgotten our first Love and are not leaning on Him the way we should.

Draw close to Him today. Trust Him. He will draw near and help us in any way we need Him to.

Amen.

Jeremiah 29:13 (NKJV) 13 And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

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