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you are being chased // Thursday E-Devotion

Henry Blackaby writes that, "He (God) pursues a love relationship with you..."
 
God is chasing you.  He wants you and me in His family and on His team.  You were a # 1 draft pick.  He wanted you just like you are.  Know what?  He still wants you, and He is still chasing you and me all the time.
 
Some of us have to be chased even longer because we don't always believe the things that God says about us.  So, here is my thought for the day ... let God catch you since He is chasing you.  And when He catches you, listen to what He has to say to you and about you...
 
You may not know me, but I know everything about you. Psalm 139:1
 
I know when you sit down and when you rise up. Psalm 139:2
 
I am familiar with all your ways. Psalm 139:3
 
Even the very hairs on your head are numbered. Matthew 10:29-31
 
For you were made in my image. Genesis 1:27
 
In me you live and move and have your being. Acts 17:28
 
For you are my offspring. Acts 17:28
 
I knew you even before you were conceived. Jeremiah 1:4-5
 
I chose you when I planned creation. Ephesians 1:11-12
 
You were not a mistake, for all your days are written in my book. Psalm 139:15-16
 
I determined the exact time of your birth and where you would live. Acts 17:26
 
You are fearfully and wonderfully made. Psalm 139:14
 
I knit you together in your mother's womb. Psalm 139:13
 
And brought you forth on the day you were born. Psalm 71:6
 
I have been misrepresented by those who don't know me. John 8:41-44
 
I am not distant and angry, but am the complete expression of love. 1 John 4:16
 
And it is my desire to lavish my love on you. 1 John 3:1
 
Simply because you are my child and I am your Father. 1 John 3:1
 
I offer you more than your earthly father ever could. Matthew 7:11

For I am the perfect father. Matthew 5:48

Every good gift that you receive comes from my hand. James 1:17

(That is take from http://fathersloveletter.com.  Go read and experience it.  Awesome, to say the least.)
 
Get that through you head.  There is more truth than just those references.  Fact is, you are being chased by God.
 
I admit it.  In January of 1993 I began a chase that has yet to end.  A elderly lady asked me to call a young lady she knew.  To get that precious old lady off my back, I made the call.  The chase began.  My wife will tell you that she was being pursued, and that she tried to discourage me in those first few weeks.  But when she realized what she was getting .... you get the point.
 
Just like me chasing that girl who is now my wife, God chased me and continues the chase.  He wants you and me to be part of His best plans and of some great adventure.  You are being chased.  Let God catch you.  It will be awesome!

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