FAITH CAPSULE: Whatever one desires, God will deposit.
Matthew 7
Seek God diligently by following Jesus!
Jesus was teaching when He stated, “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven.” (Matthew 7:21)
Does that sound like you?
Are you one who does not walk before God?
Do you profess Jesus but perfect in wickedness?
Jeremiah talked about the wicked in his statement before God, “Righteous are You, O LORD when I plead with You; yet let me talk with You about Your judgments. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are those happy who deal so treacherously? You have planted them, yes, they have taken root; they grow, yes, they bear fruit. You are near in their mouth but far from their mind.” (Jeremiah 12:1-2)
The wicked ones are near to God in their mouth but far from God in their mind.
Also, lying, deception, and manipulation are their makeup.
The Lord God, the perfect creator, is not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness, nor shall evil dwell with Him. (Psalm 5:4)
Those who carry the identity of the wicked do not follow God.
Jesus specifically requested, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it. For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul? (Matthew 16:24-26)
Whatever one desires, God will deposit.
Is it your desire to seek God diligently by following Jesus?
Following Jesus is not flowing with the crowd.
Many are flowing with the crowd, but few are following Jesus fully.
To follow Him demands to be steadfast in the walk that is in line with the Word of God by forsaking all for the Kingdom of Heaven.
Anyone who is self-full cannot be word-full.
Following the Word of God is following Jesus steadfastly.
Jesus is the living Word of God that was in the beginning.
John 1:1-3 buttresses, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him, nothing was made that was made.”
Why not steadfastly deny yourself, forsake all, and settle for the living Word of God?
Why not take up His cross and follow Him to cross over?
Following is not a one-time or an on-and-off engagement.
Allow this new season to be a new way of walking before God.
Have the desire to seek God diligently.
To seek God diligently is the character of one who finds God.
Proverbs 7:15 testifies, “So I came out to meet you, Diligently to seek your face, And I have found you.”
Seek God diligently!
Prayer for today: Ask that you be enabled to seek God more than in the past.