Bible Verse of The Day – 2-17-20

Matthew 6:21 (NKJV) 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

God has really been changing my heart over the last several years.

How do I know this? Because the things that I used to find exciting don’t hold my attention much these days.

Don’t get me wrong, I still love the time I spend bass fishing, teaching others how to fish, and spending time on the water with Pastor Ellie. But as much as I love bass fishing (and I do really love it), even that doesn’t excite me as much as it used to when compared to the things of God.

Bass fishing aside, there are many other things that used to get me excited that don’t mean as much to me as they used to.

Case in point, we recently took some time off to get away and disconnect. It was a trip that we had planned for over a year. And it was one that we were really looking forward to.

But as we made the trip and the first couple of days went by, we both realized that, despite our anticipation in the months leading up to it, we really weren’t as enthusiastic or as excited as we thought we would be.

Make no mistake. The sights and the events were wonderful and exciting. But we weren’t excited like we thought we would be.

And, to be truthful, the thing that got us the most excited was the time that we spent talking with the other people we met and the time we spent ministering to others who were hurting and in need of God’s hope and encouragement.

As we returned home, we spent a lot of time talking about this, and we both realized that God has done a work in us that we didn’t fully recognize until after this chain of events had unfolded.

But one thing is now very clear; we are different people than we were years ago. God has turned our hearts more toward Him than they have ever been. And it is likely that He will continue to do so, provided we are willing to let Him do it.

Let me say that this is not written to boast. We are in awe at every single thing God does. And what He chooses to do in us is not a product of us. It’s an effect that takes place as He prompts us and then makes changes in us so that we can carry out His work.

He is willing to do the very same for any of us. The key is that we let Him.

The foundation of this truth is found here, in Jeremiah:

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

So, we encourage you to seek Him, and to search for Him with all your heart. For when we do this, He is faithful and true to His word, rewarding us with a new heart and an incredible appetite for the things of God that we could never have fathomed not very long ago.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808

401-315-0902

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