FAITH CAPSULE: One who prepares to find God will find Him.

Psalm 27

Preparing to find God is seeking Him diligently.
Seeking God is giving oneself to the word of God.
The word of God is God. (John 1:1)
Seek God diligently to find Him.
Deuteronomy 4:29 records, “But from there you will seek the Lord your God, and you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.”
To find God is a privilege, not to be a victim of a wicked world.
Be prepared, seek God diligently, and find God.
One without preparation will not find God and miss the presence of God.
Among the characteristics of finding God are:
HAVING A DESIRE FOR GOD
David testifies in Psalm 27:4, “One thing I have desired of the Lord, That will I seek: That I may dwell in the house of the Lord All the days of my life, To behold the beauty of the Lord, And to inquire in His temple.”
It is encouraging to hear from David, a man identified as seeking the heart of God, to have a desire, not just by determination.
Determination without desire is bound not to find God.
Determination failed Peter when he denied Jesus.
The prayer of Jesus delivered Peter not to miss the presence of Jesus established in His life, the character of one who finds God.
Jesus prayed for Peter, stating, “But I have prayed for you, that your faith should not fail; and when you have returned to Me, strengthen your brethren.” (Luke 22:32)
Ask God to pray for you, not to deny Him but to live life and find Him.
Desire is from the heart.
A desire from the heart will provoke God to deposit in one as desired, for God.
HAVING A MIND THAT STAYS ON GOD
Anyone mindful of God is one whose mind stays on God, the identity of one who fears God.
Isaiah 26:3 says, “You will keep him in perfect peace, Whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You.”
One who finds God is at perfect peace.
In addition to finding God, trust in God.
To trust God is not complete without hope.
The word of God identifies with trust and hope in God to gain blessings.
Jeremiah 17:7 states, “Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, and whose hope is the Lord.”
The blessing of God is for those who find God.
Do not let yourself down by trusting and not hoping in God.
To trust and not hope is evidence of religion, not of living for God by His word.
Trust and hope in God to find God.
The word of God encourages all to get wisdom and understanding, not to forget or turn away from His word, the way to find Him. (Proverbs 4:5)
God is a good God. He has given His word for all to find Him.

Prayer for today: Ask that you be enabled to find God, not to live a life of waste.