Bible in one year

Revelation 19-22

In today’s Bible reading, the Psalmist speaking of his yearning for God said his soul pants. He compares his yearning for God to the extreme yearning of a dehydrated deer for water shown by its panting. We know the hart or deer does not pant except when it is being chased by a hunter or when it is highly dehydrated. Do you know that for many people, it is only when they are being hunted by the devil or situations of life that they remember God? When everything else is in place: the store is filled with rich varieties of food, the bank account is bubbling, the contracts are coming, the family members are well and making progress and the ministry is moving on; the need to search for God never arises in the hearts of many. But when there is trouble: child is sick, there is no food to eat, the business is experiencing dryness and there are several challenges in the ministry; then suddenly the one at the receiving end would remember that he or she has a God. If you seek God only when you are hunted, you are a God-user and not a God-lover.

You can be sure God knows the difference and He will deal with His seekers accordingly.

It is possible to pursue God, not because you are in trouble but because you love Him. Anything can happen when you are in love. Song of Solomon 2:5 says it is even possible to become sick because of love. If you have intense love for God, you will go to any length for Him. God has created us to be capable of loving one another, particularly Him. If you find it difficult to truly love God, it is because something else or someone else has stolen your love. Material things have stolen the hearts of many people from God. If you have lost your first love – the original quality of love you once expressed towards Him when you first knew the Lord – then ask Him to help you recover it. Are you panting after God because you are hunted or because of love? If love drives you to God, love will drive Him to you. He will give Himself to you without reservation.

PRAYER POINT:

Father, let your love be shed abroad in my heart by the Holy Ghost.