Willing Mind
In reading I Chronicles 28:9 this morning, it made me ponder my own relationship with God and my relationship with others. In I Chronicles 28:9 King David is talking to his son Solomon about building the temple for God and states, "And you, my son Solomon, acknowledge the God of your father, and serve him with wholehearted devotion and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands every desire and every thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will reject you forever."
As I lie in bed last night, I was "talking" to the Lord about people, including friends and family members, who claim to care about me, yet I only hear from them when I initiate communication. Looking back over my life, I have put a lot of energy and effort into others' lives, only to hear excuses as to why they hadn't called, written, or visited. I was asking the Lord for advice, Do I continue to pursue these "friendships" or should I step away?
When I read this scripture this morning is seemed that God too has issues with us saying one thing, but doing another. He "searches every heart and understands every desire and every thought." He, unlike me, knows whether people are being earnest in their responses (or excuses) to Him. I've heard many say that "God understands" when they walk away from Him, quit communicating with Him, or forget Him. But I know for me, it hurts to be "forgotten" by people I haven't forgotten. They are on my heart and mind, but I obviously am not on their minds or in their hearts.
King David tells his son in I Chronicles 28:9, "If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will reject you forever." To me that is an answer to my question, He must be sought to be found. I must "choose" to pursue God with a "willing mind" which says to me He must be "on my mind" regularly. Friendships and relationships don't just happen; they must be pursued to last.
As I lie in bed last night, I was "talking" to the Lord about people, including friends and family members, who claim to care about me, yet I only hear from them when I initiate communication. Looking back over my life, I have put a lot of energy and effort into others' lives, only to hear excuses as to why they hadn't called, written, or visited. I was asking the Lord for advice, Do I continue to pursue these "friendships" or should I step away?
When I read this scripture this morning is seemed that God too has issues with us saying one thing, but doing another. He "searches every heart and understands every desire and every thought." He, unlike me, knows whether people are being earnest in their responses (or excuses) to Him. I've heard many say that "God understands" when they walk away from Him, quit communicating with Him, or forget Him. But I know for me, it hurts to be "forgotten" by people I haven't forgotten. They are on my heart and mind, but I obviously am not on their minds or in their hearts.
King David tells his son in I Chronicles 28:9, "If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will reject you forever." To me that is an answer to my question, He must be sought to be found. I must "choose" to pursue God with a "willing mind" which says to me He must be "on my mind" regularly. Friendships and relationships don't just happen; they must be pursued to last.
James 4:4
You adulterous people, don't you know that friendship with the world means enmity against God?
Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.
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