Seek God and Not an Experience

Thoughts_About_God — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 07:03:43 +0000

“You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. I will be found by you,” declares the LORD, “and will bring you back from captivity” (Jeremiah 29:13-14).

“I have prayed the prayer to receive Jesus,” my friend said to me. “But I didn’t feel any different, so I guess nothing happened.”

I know what she meant. After I prayed to receive Jesus, I felt no different either. Except that now I wanted to read the Bible. As I did so, day after day, I met Jesus in a most remarkable way. Joy and peace flooded my heart. But feelings are not reliable and soon I experienced the whole gamut of emotions including fear and doubt. I had to learn to walk by faith and not by feelings.

In so many ways Jesus let me know that He was with me. By reading His Word, I began to see who I really am—a beloved child of God in whom He delights. Even though my emotions were in turmoil, God had not left me. For he promised, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” (Hebrews 13:5)

If we seek an experience—an emotional high—rather than God, we will become disappointed. We might even say, “I’ve tried God and it didn’t work.” The Bible says, “You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart, I will be found by you,” declares the LORD”.

How do we seek God with all our hearts? By looking in places where He might be found: reading the Bible, going to church, attending Bible study, going for a quiet nature hike, listening to beautiful music and talking to Him. When God becomes central, all sorts of experiences happen. Life becomes full and exciting.

Thank you Father, that You want us to know You. You’re not playing hide-and-seek. You created us for fellowship with Yourself. Help me to trust You more. Amen.

by Helen Lescheid
used by permission

Remember—The One Choice

Thoughts_About_God — Sun, 03 Nov 2024 08:01:53 +0000

“And every creature which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, I heard saying: “Blessing and honor and glory and power be to Him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb, forever and ever!” Revelation 5: 13

“And if it seems evil to you to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.” Joshua 24: 15

The 2024 political campaigns are nearly complete and the national and many local and state elections are but hours away. Republicans and Democrats have had their say, leaving the public to determine which one has the answers to questions, concerns and uncertainty facing our nation, and the path forward through our own individual struggles.

While uncertainty, disbelief, anxiety, doubt, and fear begin to reign instead. Which one to choose to kneel before, bow to, and embrace. In which one to put our faith and trust either, or any.

As we turn to look and wonder whether there are any other choices. How about this One?

The One to whom the Apostle John refers in Revelation that “every creature which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, I heard saying: ‘Blessing and honor and glory and power be to Him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb, forever and ever!”

The One to whom the Apostle Paul points to in Philippians as to whom “every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord.”

The One Joshua reaffirms at the end of his life that “…as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.” That choice. That One. The Lord God Almighty. At the end of all the ages, these kings will all bow down.

Presidents and royalty, faces to the ground. There will be no doubt that Jesus Christ is Lord. And I’ll be there to see Him, seated on His throne. There will be a holy roar, as the saints sing to their Lord.

Answers. Faith. Trust. Peace. Direction. Hope. Eternal assurance.

The one choice for all things, now and forever—The Lord of Lords, the King of Kings.

Jesus is the one choice.
by Scott Whitaker

used by permission from John Grant

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Seek God and Not an Experience

Remember—The One Choice