Seek the LORD and his strength,seek his face continually.
-1 Chronicles 16:9-11

God wants so much more than we tend to give Him. Reading His Word, praying a few times through the day – these are all good things, but God wants more.  He wants us to seek Him more and more, so that our time in His presence is continual -- all the time.  What does God want? Let’s personalize it…

§         God wants me to be always in tune with His heart, always listening.

§         God wants me to be always at the feet of Jesus, no matter where I am or what I am doing.

§         God wants me to be always in conversation with Him --always with an open door for His Spirit to speak His Words of life, blessing and instruction to my heart.

§         God wants me to be always listening to His voice -- always ready to obey.  

§         God wants me to be always abiding under His wings. 

§         God wants me to be always in the Spirit. -- always looking upon the face of my Savior. 

§         God wants us to be always standing in the light of His glory -- always resting on His strength.

§         God wants me to be always in harmony with Him -- always delighting in Him, just as He delights in me.

      This is what Jesus said we should do. He said, "Abide in Me." All of the above is just that -- abiding in Him. This is what Paul meant when he said...

“That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us: For in him we live, and move, and have our being…” Acts 17:27-28

And in Colossians 3:3-4, “...your life is hid with Christ in God. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.”

Do you see it? Jesus is not just the One who gave us life; He is not just the gracious Savior who gave us eternal life.... He is so much more.... He IS our life!!! He wants us to involve Him intimately in every detail of every moment of every day of our lives. Abide... stay... dwell... live... in His presence... continually.

When we spend time with Jesus for a while in the morning, and talk with Him a few times during the day, then again at night before going to bed, what have we done? Have we lived (abided, dwelled) in His presence? No. We have only VISITED Him. He wants all of us all the time, to dwell with Him and in Him.

Oh Jesus, help us to dwell... abide... stay... in Your presence... to live in You and through You all the time.

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