Echoes of Truth
January 24th
Theme: Passionate Hunger
The man who seeks God once he had found Him, does not seek Him as though He had lost Him; but because he loves Him. — Bernard of Clairvaux
We can never tell how much God means to a person by church activities and acts of service. How much God is valued by a man is reflected in the transformed life revealed before others.
A transformed life into the person of Jesus, as described in 2 Corinthians 3:18, is like beholding a mirror continually and the transformation happens in layers of glory.
To behold as in a mirror is to tarry in God’s presence as Moses did. The one who carries is the hungry one because he has tasted and seen that the Lord is good (Psalm 34:8).
Alas, the devil has got many of us deceived into thinking that seeking God is only for seasons of dryness, confusion, need, and simply the lowest points in life.
God doesn’t mind us seeking Him at such times of distress but He certainly will find much joy when the goal is not about what He can give but about pursuing true intimacy with His Person.
When the love of God is planted so richly in our hearts, our pursuit of Him doesn’t end simply with discovery. In fact, when we experience the discovery, it is supposed to deepen our pursuit of Him.
You don’t stop wanting God because you have met Him. Rather, you want Him more because you’ve tasted Him.
Our daily desire should be to consistently have a cup that is running over with the glory of His Presence. This kind is not driven by the fear of losing God, but by the joy we derive from having Him.
We need to approach God from the position of a lover who is longing to become one with her Lover as portrayed in the Songs of Solomon.
We should not have reverence for God because we are afraid of Him but because we are in awe of Him.
The awesomeness of God is revealed to those who hunger and thirst for they shall be filled.
The difference between a servant searching for approval and a lover lingering for intimacy. One seeks to secure something; the other seeks to enjoy
Someone. The latter is our reality as Christians.
Notice David’s cry in Psalm 63:1, “O God, You are my God; early will I seek You.”
This is not the cry of a man who has lost God. David says, You are my God, and he is still seeking God. Why? Because hunger never settles for yesterday’s meal.
Yesterday’s encounter is never enough for a man who seeks God earnestly.
This is where maturity in God subtly reveals itself. Immaturity in the faith is what makes many of us still seek God for breakthroughs and relief alone. But when we grow in the maturity of love, we start seeking God for God Himself, because He is precious to us.
Today, God is inviting us into a higher posture. A posture of seeking God as a means
of devotion, not desperation. Into a posture of hunger that flows from intimacy.
And here’s the sweet thing, when you know God is yours, the more security you
have in approaching Him as a child would freely do to her father. Love makes seeking God an absolute delight!
Listen to this song and be blessed: https://youtu.be/mEWDr_bfp60?si=9XxuIN9Dt-dy3FbL
Let Us Pray:
Father, we thank You that You are not a distant God to be chased. We confess that many times we seek You only when we feel we need something, yet You invite us to seek You even when we are full of encounters and answers. Plant in us a love that refuses to stop seeking.
Deliver us from a faith that settles after finding You just once. We ask for a holy dissatisfaction with shallow intimacy. Draw us deeper in love with You. The kind of love that keeps us forever pursuing You. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
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