ESOCS Devotional 30 December 2021
TEXT: ZECHARIAH 8:20–23
MEMORY VERSE:
“Yea, many people and strong nations shall come to seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the LORD.” Zechariah 8:22 KJV
Seeking the Lord of hosts means to have an intimate personal relationship with Him; always to desire more of Him; and to pursue God alone to fill the vacuum in your life.
Your relationship with the Lord is comparable to a marriage relationship. Marriage is a relationship where intense feelings of passion and a lifelong commitment are intertwined. When a couple falls in love, there are strong feelings, and there is nothing wrong with that. But a marriage cannot be built on feelings alone, but on commitment. The commitment carries you through the hard times when the feelings may fade. Sometimes you have to work at the romance (which sounds contradictory, but it’s not). But if there are never any feelings of love, your marriage is in trouble.
Seeking after God means keeping your passion for God alive. Christianity is not just a matter of the head, but of the heart. As you think on what God has done for you in Christ, it ought to move you emotionally. As you reflect on His great love and faithfulness toward you over the years, in spite of your failures, you ought to feel love for Him. The point is the person who seeks after God will be a person of strength and stability, a person with inner resources to meet every crisis in life.
If you love God, you’ll make time to spend with Him because you delight to do so. This includes time in His Word, renewing your mind so that you can please Him. It includes time in prayer, bringing your needs and others’ needs before Him. It includes time in praise and worship, expressing your love for Him.
- How can a Christian who has lost the passion for God regain it?
- Lord, give me grace to seek you all the days of my life, in Jesus’ name.
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FURTHER READING: Psalm 63:1–11; Isaiah 55:1–9
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ESOCS Devotional 30 December 2021
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