Today’s Bible Verse
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I will dwell in the house of the Lord Forever.
Psalms 23:6 (NKJV)
God’s Pursuit
The foundation for our faith is not meant to be built on our works or our understanding, but rather on God’s relentless pursuit of us. We have a relationship with our Creator not because we sought Him out, but because He is always pursuing us. As Christians, our lives are the result of our faith and His constant grace drawing us deeper and deeper into the abundant life Jesus died to give us. Faith built on anything else but God’s pursuit is a faith built on our strength, an unsure and consistently failing foundation.
“I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers, that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him, having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints” Ephesians 1:16-18 (ESV).
God is after your heart right now. He’s knocking on the door of your heart. Will you let him in? More than He wants you to do something for Him today, He simply wants you to know He is with you and for you. Respond to God’s pursuit today by giving Him your heart. May your life be marked by a revelation of His loving-kindness toward you, that you may know what is the hope to which He has called you. (Warren Lilo)
Change My Story
If we need a fresh understanding of God’s pursuit, we need to pray as Paul did, asking God to enlighten the eyes of our heart. We need to look to the Word of God where we can see story after story of God pursuing people even if they rebelled against Him.
No matter what we go through in life, and no matter what season we are in, it doesn’t change God’s pursuit after you! There is nothing we could do to keep God from pursuing us. There is no sin too great, no distance we could run that would discourage God from loving us. From the moment you were born, God has been pursuing your heart. His greatest longing is for a relationship with you. Don’t let a wrong understanding of God’s character cause your relationship with Him to be works-based. Don’t let your sin and failures get in the way of running to the open arms of your Heavenly Father.
Today’s Declaration
My heart finds peace, joy, and fulfillment today in the fact that God will never stop pursuing me.
Today’s Bible Reading
- Old Testament: Ezra 6; Proverbs 4
- New Testament: Luke 14:1-14; 1 Timothy 3:1-10
