FAITH CAPSULE: A heart that is set for God will settle for nothing but to seek.
1 Chronicles 22
Living life is also about growing up and moving forward. Seeking and serving God is also about growing in the things of the Lord. Believer is not exempted from growing and increasing to the glory of God. In Acts 20:32, Apostle Paul was speaking, “So now, brethren, I commend you to God and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.”Growth is crucial to become established in accessing what God has made available for everyone that believes. Are you a believer that is not growing but stagnated?
Are you like a building under construction but stagnated?Whenever a building construction is halted, it suffers stagnation. You are a temple of God that is constantly under construction. Are you rising or stagnated? David was charging his son Solomon, and the leaders, to begin construction of the Temple, 1 Chronicles 22:19, “Now set your heart and your soul to seek the LORD your God. Therefore arise and build the sanctuary of the LORD God, to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD and the holy articles of God into the house that is to be built for the name of the LORD.” David’s statement can thoroughly be applied to the life of a believer who desires to grow in the Lord. As a living temple of God, it is absolutely evident that to lack growth in the things of the Lord is to remain stagnant. Have you examined yourself lately and determined if you can honestly and sincerely identify growth in your life as a believer? Knowing and quoting scriptural verses is not an evidence of growth; going to church on a regular basis is not enough to keep one from becoming stagnated. Acting impressively in the church is not a growth determinant. Growth is not determined by how long you have been going to church; growth is not only when one is constantly in the church with active and noticeable work. Growth is when His presence in your life is active by powerful demonstrations. Take David’s charge as your own for your growth. Begin to set your heart and your soul to seek the LORD your God. A heart that is set for God will settle for nothing but to seek God in deed and in truth. The grace to set and seek Him will bring a rise in you as a building, a living temple of the Lord.
Prayer for today: Ask God to give you a heart to seek after Him.