Thus says the LORD:
"Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast
in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches, 24 but let him
who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am
the LORD who practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth. For in these things I delight, declares the LORD." Jeremiah 9:23-24
"Let us know; let us press on to know the LORD; his going out is sure as the dawn; he will come to us as the showers, as the spring rains that water the earth." Hosea 6:3
Daddy God wants us to know Him, perceive Him, see Him and experience Him through our relationship with Him. But only few exert an effort to know Him. Only few are pursuing and seeking Him with all their hearts. We pursue all kinds of things rather than knowing Him. Many of us say we love God yet we do not have time for Him. We say we love Him but we only want to see Him or pray to Him on Sundays. We say we love Him but we didn’t know what He wants.
Jesus said in John 17:3 “And this is eternal life, that they know You the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.” Eternal life is knowing God and Jesus whom He have sent. But why do we give so little time to know Him?
Seek the LORD and his strength; seek his presence continually! Psalm 105:4
Seek the LORD that you may live. Amos 5:6
It is not enough to say that we believe in Him but go on with our life doing the things that only pleases us. Even the demons believe. What is our difference? We must not only believe but obey. It is repeated all throughout the Bible that Daddy God requires us to love Him, to fear Him and keep His commandments. If we truly love the Lord, we will obey Him and we will always want to seek His will.
How can we follow the LORD? How can we know what He wants? If we want to know what the Lord wants, we must spend more time with Him. We get to know Him more if we spend more time with Him in prayer and in reading His Word. The more we pray and spend time with Him, the more we know about Him. Daddy God reveals Himself to those who seek Him with all their hearts. We must press on to know the LORD. We must press on to know Him until we become one with Him. By then, we will feel what Daddy God feels and we will know what He wants. We will be grieved for the things that grieve Him and we will be happy for the things that make Him happy.
We may also know Daddy God through the different circumstances that He allows in our life. In the Old Testament, the Israelites had been slaves for 400 years in Egypt that they had almost forgotten Daddy God. Through their journey in the wilderness, they got to know Daddy God’s character. In order to know Him, Daddy God will put us into some situations that we may be able to know Him more. We will become more like our Lord Jesus through our problems and trials in life. It is where our character will be build. We must not complain and seek for an escape. Instead, we must praise and thank Him in all things.
"And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, 13 and to keep the commandments and statutes of the LORD, which I am commanding you today for your good?” Deuteronomy 10:12-13
“He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?” Micah 6:8
Daddy God told me that there are people who love Him in the wrong way. There is a right and wrong way to love God. There are people who offer Him things which He didn’t require. There are also some who thought that they are doing the right things for the Lord but it is not what the Lord wants. How can we know the right way to love Him? It is only Daddy God who can teach us to love Him the way He wants us to love and respond to Him. We must press on to know Him more so we may know how to love Him in the right way.
Daddy God wants to be our first and greatest love. He tolerates no rival. He tolerates no idols. It is all or nothing. We must love Him first above all. He wants us to be steadfast in our love. And steadfast means always, enduring, stable and constant. He desires relationship and not just token gifts.
"The LORD is our God, the LORD alone. You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might."
“I will give them a heart to know that I am the LORD, and they shall be my people and I will be their God, for they shall return to me with their whole heart.” Jeremiah 24:7
Just as the disciples chose to sit at Jesus feet and listen to what He is saying, we must also spend time sitting at the Lord’s feet every day. By this, He will teach, encourage, strengthen, reveal Himself to us, and transform us into His image. We will hear His voice more clearly and we will know His will.
8 Yes, furthermore, I count everything as loss compared to the possession of the priceless privilege (the overwhelming preciousness, the surpassing worth, and supreme advantage) of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord and of progressively becoming more deeply and intimately acquainted with Him [of perceiving and recognizing and understanding Him more fully and clearly]. For His sake I have lost everything and consider it all to be mere rubbish (refuse, dregs), in order that I may win (gain) Christ (the Anointed One),” Philippians 3:8
10 [For my determined purpose is] that I may know Him [that I may progressively become more deeply and intimately acquainted with Him, perceiving and recognizing and understanding the wonders of His Person more strongly and more clearly], and that I may in that same way come to know the power out flowing from His resurrection [which it exerts over believers], and that I may so share His sufferings as to be continually transformed [in spirit into His likeness even] to His death, [in the hope]” Philippians 3:10
ALL GLORY TO GOD!
-Daddy’s girl
"Let us know; let us press on to know the LORD; his going out is sure as the dawn; he will come to us as the showers, as the spring rains that water the earth." Hosea 6:3
Daddy God wants us to know Him, perceive Him, see Him and experience Him through our relationship with Him. But only few exert an effort to know Him. Only few are pursuing and seeking Him with all their hearts. We pursue all kinds of things rather than knowing Him. Many of us say we love God yet we do not have time for Him. We say we love Him but we only want to see Him or pray to Him on Sundays. We say we love Him but we didn’t know what He wants.
Jesus said in John 17:3 “And this is eternal life, that they know You the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.” Eternal life is knowing God and Jesus whom He have sent. But why do we give so little time to know Him?
Seek the LORD and his strength; seek his presence continually! Psalm 105:4
Seek the LORD that you may live. Amos 5:6
It is not enough to say that we believe in Him but go on with our life doing the things that only pleases us. Even the demons believe. What is our difference? We must not only believe but obey. It is repeated all throughout the Bible that Daddy God requires us to love Him, to fear Him and keep His commandments. If we truly love the Lord, we will obey Him and we will always want to seek His will.
How can we follow the LORD? How can we know what He wants? If we want to know what the Lord wants, we must spend more time with Him. We get to know Him more if we spend more time with Him in prayer and in reading His Word. The more we pray and spend time with Him, the more we know about Him. Daddy God reveals Himself to those who seek Him with all their hearts. We must press on to know the LORD. We must press on to know Him until we become one with Him. By then, we will feel what Daddy God feels and we will know what He wants. We will be grieved for the things that grieve Him and we will be happy for the things that make Him happy.
We may also know Daddy God through the different circumstances that He allows in our life. In the Old Testament, the Israelites had been slaves for 400 years in Egypt that they had almost forgotten Daddy God. Through their journey in the wilderness, they got to know Daddy God’s character. In order to know Him, Daddy God will put us into some situations that we may be able to know Him more. We will become more like our Lord Jesus through our problems and trials in life. It is where our character will be build. We must not complain and seek for an escape. Instead, we must praise and thank Him in all things.
"And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, 13 and to keep the commandments and statutes of the LORD, which I am commanding you today for your good?” Deuteronomy 10:12-13
“He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?” Micah 6:8
Daddy God told me that there are people who love Him in the wrong way. There is a right and wrong way to love God. There are people who offer Him things which He didn’t require. There are also some who thought that they are doing the right things for the Lord but it is not what the Lord wants. How can we know the right way to love Him? It is only Daddy God who can teach us to love Him the way He wants us to love and respond to Him. We must press on to know Him more so we may know how to love Him in the right way.
Daddy God wants to be our first and greatest love. He tolerates no rival. He tolerates no idols. It is all or nothing. We must love Him first above all. He wants us to be steadfast in our love. And steadfast means always, enduring, stable and constant. He desires relationship and not just token gifts.
"The LORD is our God, the LORD alone. You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might."
“I will give them a heart to know that I am the LORD, and they shall be my people and I will be their God, for they shall return to me with their whole heart.” Jeremiah 24:7
Just as the disciples chose to sit at Jesus feet and listen to what He is saying, we must also spend time sitting at the Lord’s feet every day. By this, He will teach, encourage, strengthen, reveal Himself to us, and transform us into His image. We will hear His voice more clearly and we will know His will.
8 Yes, furthermore, I count everything as loss compared to the possession of the priceless privilege (the overwhelming preciousness, the surpassing worth, and supreme advantage) of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord and of progressively becoming more deeply and intimately acquainted with Him [of perceiving and recognizing and understanding Him more fully and clearly]. For His sake I have lost everything and consider it all to be mere rubbish (refuse, dregs), in order that I may win (gain) Christ (the Anointed One),” Philippians 3:8
10 [For my determined purpose is] that I may know Him [that I may progressively become more deeply and intimately acquainted with Him, perceiving and recognizing and understanding the wonders of His Person more strongly and more clearly], and that I may in that same way come to know the power out flowing from His resurrection [which it exerts over believers], and that I may so share His sufferings as to be continually transformed [in spirit into His likeness even] to His death, [in the hope]” Philippians 3:10
ALL GLORY TO GOD!
-Daddy’s girl
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