Seeking the Lord
I received an anonymous question the other week in which I was asked why I felt it necessary to seek the Lord.
Well, there are a few Bible verses that talk about it.
Matthew 6:33 - "But seek ye first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well."
1 Corinthians 9:24 - "Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize.
Luke 10:38-41 - Martha complains that Mary is learning from Jesus instead of working to prepare food for the many people who are visiting. Christ responds... "'Martha, Martha,' the Lord answered, 'you are worried and upset about many things, but only one thing is needed. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.'"
All these things support my belief that although salvation is enough to get us into heaven, if we love the Lord, we'll want to learn more and more about him. Once we are saved, we become the "Bride of Christ". While we're on earth, it's like we're engaged. When a person is engaged, he/she tries to learn as much as possible about that future spouse - out of love. There's such tremendous love and devotion, that we want to spend as much time as possible with that person. My husband and I lived about 2 hours apart during much of our engagement, and we talked on the phone every night for 2 or more hours getting to know each other. We got together whenever we could to enjoy eachother's company. You could say we sought eachother.
It's the same with Christ. If we love Him, we'll seek after Him more and more. The closer we get to Him and the more we know Him, the more we love Him and yearn after Him even more.
Teresa of Avila said, "let us strive to make constant progress: we ought to feel great alarm if we do not find ourselves advancing, for without doubt the evil one must be planning to injure us in some way; it is impossible for a soul that has come to this state not to go still farther, for love is never idle."
Well, there are a few Bible verses that talk about it.
Matthew 6:33 - "But seek ye first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well."
1 Corinthians 9:24 - "Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize.
Luke 10:38-41 - Martha complains that Mary is learning from Jesus instead of working to prepare food for the many people who are visiting. Christ responds... "'Martha, Martha,' the Lord answered, 'you are worried and upset about many things, but only one thing is needed. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.'"
All these things support my belief that although salvation is enough to get us into heaven, if we love the Lord, we'll want to learn more and more about him. Once we are saved, we become the "Bride of Christ". While we're on earth, it's like we're engaged. When a person is engaged, he/she tries to learn as much as possible about that future spouse - out of love. There's such tremendous love and devotion, that we want to spend as much time as possible with that person. My husband and I lived about 2 hours apart during much of our engagement, and we talked on the phone every night for 2 or more hours getting to know each other. We got together whenever we could to enjoy eachother's company. You could say we sought eachother.
It's the same with Christ. If we love Him, we'll seek after Him more and more. The closer we get to Him and the more we know Him, the more we love Him and yearn after Him even more.
Teresa of Avila said, "let us strive to make constant progress: we ought to feel great alarm if we do not find ourselves advancing, for without doubt the evil one must be planning to injure us in some way; it is impossible for a soul that has come to this state not to go still farther, for love is never idle."
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