FAITH CAPSULE: Seeking God starts from the heart.
Jeremiah 10
A failure to seek God is the evidence of dull-heart and it denies every heavenly blessing that makes a difference in the life of man. It is written in Jeremiah 10:21, “For the shepherds have become dull-hearted, and have not sought the LORD; therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered.”
Are you dull-hearted? Are you seeking God with your all your heart? God demands that we seek Him diligently. Seeking Him diligently will also amount to keeping our heart diligently for Him to reign and rule in our heart. Among the ways of seeking Him with our heart is meditating on His word. In meditation lies prosperous way and good success. The Lord God spoke to Joshua after Moses was dead, “Only be strong and very courageous, that you may observe to do according to all the law which Moses My servant commanded you; do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left that you may prosper wherever you go. This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.” (Joshua 1:7-8) The heart that is constantly active in meditation will become active in experiencing prosperity. The kind of prosperity that the Lord mentioned to Joshua was an all-round prosperity. An all-round prosperity is the one that gives good success. Remember, what is good is God’s.
The ability to observe and to do according to the word of God comes only from constant and consistent meditation on the word of God. Doing and observing the word is obeying God. It is only in obeying the word of God that seeking God reigns. As a believer, where do you stand in seeking God? Seeking God starts from the heart. A dull heart is the evidence of God’s absence. Where God is absent, the enemy’s presence prevails. The word of God is secret to those whose heart is not engage in seeking Him. However, “He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty” (Psalm 91:1). The secret place of God is no longer a secret to those that know to seek Him in the pages of His word that never fails. Spending time and holding on to the word of God in meditation brings about prosperity that leads to good success. God cannot be mocked and neither can He be manipulated and whatever is sowed is what you will reap. Sow by investing time in meditation and your heart will be active and not dull.
Prayer for today: Ask for the grace of enablement to be constant and consistent meditating the word of God.