Psalm 13:3— “Look on me and answer, Lord my God. Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep in death….”
GOD’S PRIMARY METHOD OF ANSWERING US WHEN WE CALL IS THROUGH HIS WORD.
To be left alone without God would be too horrible for words, while being left alone with Him is a taste of heaven!
If His followers spent more time alone with Him, we would have spiritual giants again.
A WOMAN IN LONDON STOPPED AT A SHOP AND PAID CASH FOR 10,656 Mars bars.
No one bothered to ask why she bought so many, but one person said with great understatement, “Perhaps she had a sweet tooth.”
The writer of Psalm 119 had a sweet tooth for the Word of God. He said that it was, “sweeter than honey to my mouth.”
Develop a taste for it.
An old slogan for Cracker Jacks was: “The more you eat, the more you want.”
PSALM 11:1—“In the Lord I take refuge.”
GOD HAS NEVER FAILED ME,” wrote George Mueller (1805-1898).
“Even in my greatest difficulties, heaviest trials, and deepest poverty and need…I was enabled by God’s grace to trust Him, He has always come to my aid. I delight in speaking well of His name.”
Martin Luther (1483-1546), deep in thought and needing to grasp hidden strength during a time of danger and fear in his life, was seen tracing on the table with his finger the words, “He lives! He lives!”
I’d be a basket case if I had not made the commitment to seek God first over 33 years ago.
Taking refuge in Him has allowed me to endure a failed Texas church plant in 2015 and gave me the strength to persevere when, at my next church, 2/3 of my new congregation abandoned me—including my wife.
️ PITY THE POOR CHRISTIANS WHO DON’T KNOW JESUS INTIMATELY.
Most of their interpersonal and emotional problems would lessen if they spent significant time with their God, their Creator.
He’s the best therapist, psychologist, and psychiatrist, the friend who sticks closer than a brother.
ISAAC WENT OUT INTO A FIELD TO MEDITATE…and God blessed him with answered prayer: Camels!!! I don’t think he was reading his Bible because there were none published yet, still, he sought God. You have a Bible, but don’t read it? Why? Don’t you want to be blessed? An American Bible Society survey said that