Sunday, 14th
October, 2012.
HUNTED OR LOVE?
Memorise: "As
the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O
God." (Psalm 42:1).
Bible in one year: Revelation 19-22
Read:
Psalm 42:1-5
In today's Bible
reading, the psalmist speaking of his yearning for God said his soul pants. He
compares his yearning for God to the extreme yearning of a dehydrated deer for
water shown by its panting. We know the hart or deer does not pant except when
it is being chased by a hunter or when it is highly dehydrated. Do you know
that for many people, it is only when they are being hunted by the devil or
situations of life that they remember God? When everything else is in place: the
store is filled with rich varieties of food, the bank account is bubbling, the
contracts are coming, the family members are well and making progress and the
ministry is moving on; the need to search for God never arise in the heart of
many. But when there is trouble: child is sick, there is no food to eat, the
business is experiencing dryness and there are several challenges in the
ministry; then suddenly the one at the receiving end would remember that he or
she has a God. If you seek God only when you are hunted, you are a God-user and
not a God-lover. You can be sure God knows the difference and He will deal with
His seekers accordingly.
It is possible to pursue God, not because you are in trouble but
because you love Him. Anything can happen when you are in love. Song of Solomon
2:5 says it is even possible to become sick because of love. If you have
intense love for God, you will go to any length for Him. God has created us to
be capable of loving one another, particularly Him. If you find it difficult to
truly love God, it is because something else or someone else has stolen your
love. Material things have stolen the hearts of many people from God. If you
have lost your first love-the original quality of love you once expressed
towards Him when you first knew the Lord - then ask Him to help you recover it.
Are you panting after God because you are hunted or because of love? If love
drives you to God, love will drive Him to you. He will give Himself to you
without reservation.
PRAYER
POINT:
Father, let your
love be shed abroad in my heart by the Holy Ghost
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