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Devotionals
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For Those Who Search
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Joni and Friends Daily Devotional
For Those Who Search
"It is the glory of God to conceal a matter." Proverbs 25:2
Mysteries have a way of enticing us at the same time as they frustrate us. Take these paradoxes of Scripture: We have a free will, yet we're predestined. We're positionally perfect but experientially imperfect. We work out our own salvation, yet it is God who works His will within us. Even Jesus was a paradox--one hundred percent God and one hundred percent man.
Something in us has to make enigmas understandable and puzzles comprehensible. True, many things in Scripture we will never be able to understand; we accept them by faith. But it is God's nature to hide things. He delights in concealing secret treasures so that we might be drawn to search and enjoy the discovery of finding those treasures. For "The Lord confides in those who fear him; he makes his covenant known to them" (Psalm 25:14).
To those who draw closest to the Lord, to those who desire His intimate company, Jesus says, "The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you" (Mark 4:11). If you sit at His feet, full of awe and wonder, He will draw you into His confidence, unraveling His innermost thought and heartfelt hopes, voicing His desires for you and for the rest of those who search.
The Lord Jesus is the treasure you seek, the precious gem you must mine. And Jeremiah 29:13 assures, "You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart." You have everything you need to equip you for the search. You have His Word, the key to heaven's hieroglyphics. You have been initiated into the fellowship of things above. You have the mind of Christ. Now you must find His heart!
I want to love You, Jesus, with all my heart, soul, mind, and strength. For as I do, I believe You will reveal to me Your heart.
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Davidwayne Lackey 08/06/2014 19:45 |
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JT
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08/09/2014 04:53 |
Thanks for the post Davidwayne.
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