Bible Verse of The Day – 4-14-23

Revelation 3:19 (NKJV)19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Therefore be zealous and repent.

God will chasten us for one reason; because He loves us.

What He is dealing with in our heart is important to Him and good for us.

Nobody likes to talk about this. We don’t like to hear that God will correct us, or that He may not allow us to move forward or to reach our goals in our life at times.

Why? Because our heart is in the wrong place.

We may not necessarily like it, but without God’s chastening in our lives, there won’t be any blessings either.

God loves to see His children walking in obedience. And when we do so, He will reward us accordingly. As we walk in His will, all that we need will be provided for us.

The Israelites spent 40 years in the wilderness and all God wanted was for them to reach a place of obedience in their hearts. That’s it. All they had to do was listen and obey.

Joshua 5:6 (NKJV) 6 For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people who were men of war, who came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they did not obey the voice of the Lord—to whom the Lord swore that He would not show them the land which the Lord had sworn to their fathers that He would give us, “a land flowing with milk and honey.”

Maybe we are wandering in our own wilderness, wondering, “why am I still in the same place today. I prayed, I changed some things up in my walk, I did everything I know how to do, and I am still in the same place. Nothing has changed”.

We have to ask ourselves, are we doing what God is asking us to do, the way He wants us to do it, and in His timing?

James 1:5 (NKJV) 5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.

Get His wisdom about why we are stuck in this place, and then follow through with His plan and it will be given to us.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

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