With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments (Psalm 119:10)

While driving about town doing errands I was happy to read the saying on a billboard in front of a church which said, “WISE MEN STILL SEEK HIM.”   Since seeing that sign last week,  I’ve begun seeing that exact saying in about a  third more churches in my travels. It is a very popular saying, especially at this time of the year…

Wise men and women still seek Him couldn’t be more true or profoundly on course with being one of the faithful followers. Nothing is new under the sun, as Ecclesiastes states so emphatically in chapter one…and of course it remains critical to our existence as people of faith.

The Lord desires a relationship with us, and for those who seek His face and His wisdom, the fountains of inspiration are limitless when we do so. He not only supplies provisions for our lives, but does so with unconditional love.  Those who seek Him with fervent dilligence shall have rewards that will reap boundless joy.

To know Him is to know peace.  He doesn’t promise there won’t be clouds in the sky, but He does promise to offer a rainbow at the end of the storm as His light shines leading the way to safe harbor.

God is not a complicated God…He is pure and simple in His approach to our hearts. His arms are open wide, His hand is extended and His love covers us with a shield of endless protection.

God is the same since the beginning of time. He is still in control. His Bible is still a way of life for those who believe, and His love is still in full force.

“Nothing new under the sun…” 

Except perhaps my love for Him, which grows exponentially by the second. “I love you Father, thank You for being You!”

Oh yes, “Those who seek Him are wise indeed…” 

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The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun. (Ecclesiastes 1:9 KJV)

Seek the Lord, and his strength: seek his face evermore. (Psalm 105:4 KJV)

But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.  (Philippians 4:19 KJV)

When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.   (Colossians 3:4 KJV)

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 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. (James 1:17)

Yesterday, while waiting for my  husband to complete an errand, I watched people hurrying past. Most had their heads buried in their “beloved cell phones.”  I thought, how “devoted” and “connected” they looked while fixating on their contraptions.  It was as an appendage to their bodies. Some of these individuals banged into passersby, and kept going, as if nothing had happened, so intent, and deeply engrossed were they on their task in hand. And, all I could think was, “wow” how the world has changed…simple thought, disturbing in the depth of that analysis…yet, profoundly true.

It seems our Sovereign God has been disconnected from most of the world. In fact, things of this world garner more attention than God Himself.  And sadly,  some don’t even know who He is. Imagine, if some would be as devoted to God as they are to their “social media.”  It would be a different world from all aspects, of this,  I’m quite certain.

“Hello, can you hear me now?” one of the more familiar commercials of a major phone company, resonated within me as I watched these people pass by.  God is sending us signals everyday.  Some of us don’t hear Him.  Too many are connected to the things of this world. We need to quiet the noise of the world and welcome the peace of God.

Sometimes, we have to defrag our computers. Cleanse it, and clear it, so it can run properly, and smoothly. Well, so too must we “cleanse” ourselves from “this noisy world” to hear God and His voice…and obey His signals.  We need to de-clutter, and listen for God’s providence, to allow His foresight and Wisdom to take us through this time of woe.

God promises that He’ll never desert us, nor forsake His children.  He’ll guide us, lead us, and touch us with His Spirit, lending insight into all in which we do…through Him.

God delights in all that we do. He loves to guide our steps, and take us through this lifetime safely, while protecting us, and sheltering us with His Word, and His love. He wants to protect us, and His mercy endures forever. He is our Father who wants us to succeed and to be with Him for eternity.

As we look around the world today…look up and connect to the One who is ultimately in control, and the One who is the Source of all Provisions and Promises. That my friends, is the best connection of all time…

 Amen.

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                                                              PSALM 37:1 – 28 (KJV)

37 Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.

² For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.

³ Trust in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.

⁴ Delight thyself also in the Lord: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

⁵ Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.

⁶ And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.

⁷ Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.

⁸ Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.

⁹ For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the Lord, they shall inherit the earth.

¹⁰ For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.

¹¹ But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

¹² The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.

¹³ The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.

¹⁴ The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation.

¹⁵ Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.

¹⁶ A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.

¹⁷ For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the Lord upholdeth the righteous.

¹⁸ The Lord knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever.

¹⁹ They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.

²⁰ But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the Lord shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.

²¹ The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.

²² For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off.

²³ The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way.

²⁴ Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand.

²⁵ I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.

²⁶ He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed.

²⁷ Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.

²⁸ For the Lord loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.

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Magnificent sky and mountain by our Creator and King of the Universe, our beloved Father.

Picture captured by Scott Sbirge, master photographer and friend. God Bless~

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