Psalm 8:1
"O Lord, our Lord,
How excellent is Your name in all the earth,
Who have set Your glory above the heavens! " (NJKV)
This verse was read yesterday in church and a something came to mind so I thought I would share today. The neat thing is that the writer, David says "O Lord, OUR Lord." How many of us declare Jesus as OUR Lord? We know from Phillipians 2:11 that one day everyone will confess Jesus as Lord but for some He will be their Lord and Judge while others who have committed their life to Him will look upon Him as their Lord and Savior.
It seems that many are quick to accept Him as Savior but is He Lord? Does He rule and reign in your life? Where is He in the line of priorities in your life? In the back or the front? Is He someone that you only think about and talk to on Sundays?
We sometimes wonder why we don't hear from Him or feel that our prayers are not answered or feel that God is distant. Can it be that it is because we are the ones that are moving away from Him? That we are the ones becoming distant? If we want to hear from God and feel Him in our lives, we need to draw near to Him, pray to Him and spend time with Him through His Word.
Jeremiah 29:13
"And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart." (NKJV)
Our pastor read this verse yesterday as well and I wanted to close with it because it tells us what we need to do in order to find God and make Him our Lord. Jeremiah was prophesying regarding the 70 year Babylonian Captivity of the Jews and said that they would find the Lord God and He would restore them when they FIRST sought after Him.
Maybe some of you are in a captivity of your own and feel distant from God. Maybe it is a sin or a sinful lifestyle that you are leading. God wants you to seek Him with ALL your heart and as verse 14 from Jeremiah 29 says:
"I will be found by you, says the Lord, and I will bring you back from your captivity;"
Let Him set your free today!
Mike
