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Renew-Refresh-Revive

8/3/2014

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When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, Lord, will I seek.  Psalm 27:8

In his book, “The Pursuit of God”, author and preacher, A.W. Tozer, wrote in reference to those who truly seek a depth in their relationship with God, “I shall simply say that they had spiritual awareness and that they went on to cultivate it until it became the biggest thing in their lives.” The key word is cultivated.  If we are not cultivating a deep relationship with God then we must ask ourselves what is it that we are cultivating in our lives and why? Spiritually speaking, we often live on the outskirts but we don’t dare come up close to cultivating a closeness to God. A life of any substance or meaning will never come to existence while one is living for and in the things of this world.  The impact of our lives will either make a mark for heavenly things or for earthly things.

I. We need a renewing in our love for the Lord.
II. We need a refreshing in our living for the Lord.
III. We need a reviving in our
longing for the Lord.

 I want to encourage you to decide what you will do with the life and the time God gives you.  I pray that the suggestions below will be a blessing.

I. Define- What it is that is keeping you from giving yourself completely to the Lord. Ask God to search you and to put His finger on whatever it may be. “Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting” (Psalm 139:23-24.)  God never leaves us hanging when we come to Him with such a request.

II. Develop- Ask God to develop in you a heart for Him.  The key is that we must come.  Allow the Holy Spirit free reign as you spend time in prayer and soak and saturate yourself in God’s Word. The Bible says, “Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled” (Matthew 5:6.)

III. Determine- The devil will fight you tooth and nail and your own flesh will come against you.  Be determined while desiring to walk in the Spirit. Shear self-determination will not win the day but we must do our part. Make a commitment to the Lord Jesus Christ while being a clean vessel and you will see the fruit that is available as one abides in Christ. Soon your words will echo David’s, “When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, Lord will I seek” (Psalm 27:8.)

IV. Declare-
Each morning declare to stoke the fire that God has set in your heart for Him.  Draw a line and say, today I am giving myself completely into the hands of the living God and allowing Him to have all of me.  David wrote, “O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land where no water is” (Psalm 63:1.)  Scripture will lay a path that will lead us to a depth and a desire for God.

Renew- Refresh- Revive!


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