seek God with understanding

There are times in life where we have a hard time understanding what God is doing. We started a new series yesterday at The Community called “questions”. We began by dealing with a question that the prophet Jeremiah asked. You and I have asked the same question before.

Why do bad people prosper? See Jeremiah 12. What we do know is that the faith of this prophet was struggling because He thought God was taking it easy on the people who were chosen by God. They were being hypocrites by talking about God and not being close to God.

Always be careful to let God speak to your heart and about your heart. Listen. Take notes. Let God work.

Psalm 139:23-24 NASB

Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me and know my anxious thoughts; And see if there be anyhurtful way in me, And lead me in the everlasting way.

After you have heard and learned and seen God through your situation keep on seeing God. Here are a few important verses that we, the children of God and followers of Jesus, need to take to heart:

Isaiah 55:6 NASB

Seek the Lord while He may be found; Call upon Him while He is near.

Where are you looking for answers?

Jeremiah 33:3 NASB

‘Call to Me and I will answer you, and I will tell you great and mighty things, which you do not know.’

Who have the final word?

Luke 11:10 NASB

For everyone who asks, receives; and he who seeks, finds; and to him who knocks, it will be opened.

Do we really want to know?

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