Adopting God's Ways or My Ways?

     "God knows us. He wants us to know Him," said Dr. Charles Stanley. "If I'm not interested in knowing Him, then I should ask why I'm not excited about knowing Him...We may go all day and not even give God a second thought...In your day, the minutes and hours, where is God in your vocabulary...with your friends do you talk about God...Where is He in your life? Is He a priority? Is He your number one pursuit? Whatever is your number one pursuit above God in your life, you are going to lose it....We're talking about have a relationship with God."
      Am I casually seeking God? Or am I seeking Him with all my heart? Am I fitting God in when its convenient to me? Do I value my own way more than adopting God's ways? Am I more concerned about being respected and heard, more than I am concerned about giving God's grace and mercy to others? I'm not doing well lately in this area. I keep struggling with making a stand about something that seems right to me, but in the meantime, I'm causing an offense with others so they are not seeing Christ in me, but me in me...my pride, my rights, my way, rather than living in obedience to God and doing things His way.
      Forgive me Lord for wanting my way rather than being satisfied with You and You alone. Help me to seek you diligently, humbly, and with all my heart. Make my ways Your ways. Help me to be intentional about becoming like You Lord rather than make excuses as to why I'm not like You. Amen.

Jeremiah 29:11:13 "For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. ¹² Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. ¹³ You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.