Answers for Each Day - August 8
Six Times We Should Seek God
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 (Deuteronomy 4:29).
In today's devotional, I want to show you the first three of six times we should seek the Lord:
1. When we have sinned.
If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land (2 Chronicles 7:14).
If you sin, do not run from God, run to Him. Do not allow shame to keep you away.
2. When we are feeling dry spiritually.
O God, You are my God; early will I seek You; my soul thirsts for You; my flesh longs for You in a dry and thirsty land where there is no water (Psalm 63:1).
When you sense a distance between you and God, or if you feel dry spiritually, do not delay! Seek Him early.
When my potted plants feel dry, I water them. I do not wait until they turn brown and are almost dead. If the soil is dry and the leaves begin to droop, they are in need of water right then, and so it is when you are feeling spiritually dry.
One of the keys to keeping potted plants—and our spiritual lives—healthy is to tend to them early.
3. When we are fearful.
I sought the LORD, and He heard me, and delivered me from all my fears (Psalm 34:4).
When you are fearful or anxious, it is time to seek the Lord. When you seek Him you can expect to be delivered from all of your fears!
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