"One thing I ask from the Lord, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the Lord and to seek Him in His temple." Psalm 27:4
When I read that verse again today, the word
“seek” really hit me. I know that seek means crave, pursue; and from that verse
questions came to my mind: “What are you seeking in your life?” “? Are you
seeking God fully or He is just your Sunday God?” “Does your life available?” “Would
you let Him speak to you about everything?”
How would you like to have close
relationship with someone famous? You would do almost everything, I bet. I am a
big huge massive fan of Robert Downey Jr and Johnny Depp. I love them since I was
just a little girl and I watched almost all of their movies. When I was just a
teenager, I put their pictures and posters on my wall and dreamt about them
almost every night! Too bad that I never met them in person until today, but it’s
still on my list! What will I do if I meet them face to face? Faint, I guess..
Haha!
See, that is just my story. I believe
each one of us have someone that we adore and love so much that we will do
everything for them. If we are willing to do that for human being, what should
we do for God? Is anybody standing in line waiting to hang out with God? Can
you imagine if we have to wait in line just to hang out with Him? How long we
should wait? Will we wait that long? :)
Thank God that He lives inside of us that
we can hang out with Him anytime. There’s nothing more wonderful than the
presence of God!
When we have an intimate relationship
with God then God will fight our battles. Yes, He will fight for our battles!
Have you ever read the book of 2
Chronicles? I love that book!
Today we will look at 2 Chronicles 20.
That chapter tells us the story of King Jehoshaphat. He became king of the
Kingdom of Judah when he was 35 years old. I really love the story in this
chapter!
Verse 2-4 says: Some men came and told
Jehoshaphat, “A great multitude is coming against you from Edom, from beyond
the sea; and, behold, they are in Hazazon-tamar”. Then Jehoshaphat was afraid
and set his face to seek the Lord, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.
And Judah assembled to seek help from the Lord; from all cities of Judah they
came to seek the Lord.”
When the news came it says that
Jehoshaphat was afraid and set his face to seek the Lord. He made the decision
to seek the Lord instead of running to somewhere else. He was afraid but he
decided to go and seek the Lord, which is the best thing to do.
So many times when we feel afraid we go
to someone (a friend or mentor or whoever) that can make us feel comfortable.
But then we need to realize that no one can help us to make things better or to
erase the fear but God.
Fear always hits us when we have
problems. Fear is just a feeling but when you let it controls you, it will stop
you from making progress. We can feel fear but do not be afraid!! God wants us
to set our eyes to Him.
We have to set our minds when we have
problem to God. Set ourselves to seek God, there’s no need to be afraid of
problem because God is on our side (Romans 8:31).
Back to 2 Chronicles 20 verse 9 where
Jehoshaphat said, “If disaster comes upon us, the sword, judgement, or
pestilence, or famine, we will stand before this house and before You-for Your
name is in this house-and cry out to You in our affliction, and You will hear
and save.” And verse 12b. “We do not know what to do, but our eyes are on You.”
That is the attitude that we should
have!! No matter what, we will stand before Him and know that He will hear and
save us.
I like when King Jehoshaphat said, “We do
not know what to do, but our eyes are on You.” And again, that is also the
attitude that we should have. We have to realize that we are powerless without
Him. But then at the same time, we will keep our eyes on Him.
Let us to set our minds to God, that
every time we have trouble we will say, “I am not gonna bow down to fear, but I
will seek God because He have the answer and the way out.”
But don’t come to Him only when we have
problem. Seek Him in our daily lives. Pursue Him! Have a very intimate
relationship with Him!
Back to the 2 Chronicles 20, there when
you read the entire chapter it tells you that the Lord delivers Judah. Yes, the
Lord delivers Judah! See; not because of the power of the humans, not because
of they have great fighters but because of the Lord.
Verse 23: “For the men
of Ammon and Moab rose against the inhabitants of Mount Seir, devoting them to
destruction, and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, they all
helped to destroy one another.”
Our battle belongs to God.
2 Chronicles 20:15, “Do
not be afraid and do not be dismayed at this great horde, for the battle is not
yours but God's.”
Can I hear a big AMEN?!
AMENN!!!
God will give you any
strength to do anything that He commands you to do. If you go with Him and stay
with Him and do the things that He wants you to do, He will surely give you
strength.
Always remember what
King Jehoshaphat did when he got the news, He realized that he was afraid and
he decided to run to God and seek Him.
God is able to deliver
us from any situation. But if God doesn’t deliver us from our situation, it doesn’t
mean that He doesn’t care; surely He will help us to get through it. He will give
us grace for every step that we take.
God doesn't promise us an easy life, but He said "do not be afraid for I am with you".
I've been in a situation where I was so afraid and really don't know what to do but believe that He will save me, that He has a plan, that He has a way out. My battle is not the same with yours and I do believe that none of us have an easier battle, because each of us have our own portion. But I do believe that when we put our trust and hope in Him, and seek Him instead of trying to solve it with our own power, He will save us.. He will fight for us.
Now besides this seeking Him and our battle belongs to Him, I would love to share this picture that I found few days ago:
When you have intimate relationship with Him and your battle is hard; it means that He believes that you are strong enough to face it, He knows that you have faith in Him and trust Him. The bigger the faith, the bigger the battle too! :)
So let us keep the faith, seek Him and remain close with Him, trust Him and see how He will fight for us :)
What is written in the bible; all the battles that He fought for the Kings, He will do it exactly the same for us.
Bless you all!