November 4, 2023 … Seeking God’s Will …

November 4, 2023 … Seeking God’s Will …    

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...   Please take the time to take in this song with lyrics from an anonymous duet singing  … This Is The Will of God …  Poignantly, yet powerfully singing of how all Christians are called to seek and follow God’s will .    

Diligently seeking after God's will ... 

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Highlight Passage: … Psalms 40:2 [NLT] … 

2 He lifted me out of the pit of despair, … out of the mud and mire.  He set my feet on solid ground and steadied me as I walked along. 

… King David singing of God’s faithful willingness to lead Him in God’s will as David walked thru his difficult life. 

Highlight Passage in Context: … Psalms 40:1-4 (NLT) … USE THIS LINK ...  

… King David sings of waiting patiently and seeking to follow God’s will thru the the trials and troubles of life.  

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Reference Passage: …Deuteronomy 4:28-29 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… God, thru Moses, promises His faithful believers to be there to rescue them from worthless idols when we search for God’s will with all our hearts   

Reference Passage: … Psalms 9:10 [NLT] …  

10 Those who know Your name trust in You, for You, O Lord, do not abandon those who search for you.. 

… And song by King David of our God being with those who trust in Him and seek His will.   

Reference Passage: …1Chronicles 16:11 [NLT] …  

11 Search for the LORD and His strength, . continually seek Him.   

… David exhorts in song that all God’s people should seek His strength to follow the Lord’s will. 

Reference Passage: … Matthew 6:33, 7:7-8 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Jesus commands His own to seek after His will and His way, promising to meet all the needs of those who do.         

Reference Passage:  ... James 4:8 [NLT] …  </b>

8 Come close to God, and God will come close to you. Wash your hands, you sinners; purify your hearts, for your loyalty is divided between God and the world. 

… God’s call, thru James, is for fellow Christians to seek God’s will and avoid seeking the ways of the world.     

                                                                              

My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Marvin Williams  … AT THIS LINK …   tells of a young man, who was called a “guardian angel,” for leaving his worksite to search for a missing girl, whom Jake Manna found and rescued from a mud pit where the girl was waist deep and sinking.           

The story reminded the ODB author of King David singing (see the Highlight passage) of God rescuing him as David sought to do God’s will in troubled times.  And all I’m asking, … from  my readers today, … is to listen to the linked song and meditate deeply on the Scriptures above and join me to ask ourselves if we are REALLY seeking to do God’s will diligently …  with ALL our heart.  Personally, I need to do more to seek after God’s will, thru His word (see photo); … how about you?       

   

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for giving me Your strength, Lord, to do Your will.                                                  

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray. again today, that all reading here will join me, … to seek after Your rescuing strength, Lord, as we seek to do Your will.    … Amen 

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