As we begin this week, here are a few things to think about... Many times when we set space aside in our life to fast, pray, study the Word, and meditate on the Lord we do it based on selfish motives. I believe it is good to have a plan of action for your time with God; however, we also need to realize that if we are doing these things only to receive what we want that is a selfish motive. In Mark Chapter 3 we find that the crowds followed Jesus many times just to receive something from him.
Mark 3:7-10 “7 Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the sea, and a great crowd followed, from Galilee and Judea
8 and Jerusalem and Idumea and from beyond the Jordan and from around Tyre and Sidon. When the great crowd heard all that he was doing, they came to him.
9 And he told his disciples to have a boat ready for him because of the crowd, lest they crush him,
10 for he had healed many, so that all who had diseases pressed around him to touch him.”
There were a lot of people crowding Jesus that day, but they were not really interested in getting to know Him. They were only interested in what they could get from Him. They only wanted to be healed of their diseases. Jesus, as the healer and miracle worker, was very popular, but Jesus wasn’t interested in popularity. He wanted people to hear the message behind the miracle. The Bible does say that Jesus healed many of them. He blesses us at times even when we are seeking the blessing and not the blesser.
That brings me to my challenge for this week: Whatever your motives might be can we not lay aside the list of things we are praying about and seek His face! Could we not make the purpose of this time of consecration to know Jesus and draw closer to him in a deeper way? Could we not make it our desire to know the one in whom all blessing flow. Take time today to refocus yourself on the ways of the Lord, for when we seek him first and his kingdom all other things are taken care of.
Pastor P.
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