BBD 07.26.05 Seeking God
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07.26.05
Seeking God
As the deer pants for the water brooks, so pants my soul for You, O God. My
soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear
before God? Psalm 42:1-2.
O God, You are my God; early will I seek You; my soul thirsts for You; my
flesh longs for You in a dry and thirsty land where there is no water. So I
have looked for You in the sanctuary, to see Your power and Your glory.
Because Your lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise You. -
Psalm 63:1-3.
Seek the LORD while He may be found, call upon Him while He is near. Let the
wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return
to the LORD, and He will have mercy on him; and to our God, for He will
abundantly pardon. - Isaiah 55:6-7.
Jay Peterson was flying low on an 83-mile race from north of Baggs, Wyoming
until he was finally stopped near Steamboat Springs, Colorado. A Wyoming
Highway Patrol officer first spotted Peterson doing 127mph through a 65mph
zone. The officer attempted to stop the Audi but the driver would not stop
and as a result the pursuit continued on into Colorado. Colorado troopers
took over the pursuit. In Colorado, Peterson was cruising along at close to
130mph. Troopers attempted to stop him with spike strips but he avoided the
first set. However, Peterson was unable to avoid the second set of spike
strips and he was finally brought to a halt.
What reason would a 48-year-old man have for driving at such a high rate of
speed? Why would someone try to outrun troopers in two states? What was so
important to Peterson for him to do such a thing? Peterson told the
arresting officers that he was "speeding in order to make it to church on
time."
Let this be a lesson to all of you who speed to make it to church on time.
Don't do it! It is okay to be a little late or even to miss a service
especially if it would put lives in danger or mean you would be breaking
laws in order to attend on time. Not knowing who Peterson is makes me wonder
if perhaps he was the .preacher, or perhaps he was the guest speaker for the
day?? Hmmm.
Although we should never break the speeding laws to attend church we should
have and need to have an overwhelming desire to seek God, to find God. We
should have such a thirst for God that nothing else in life can compare.
This is the kind of thirst that Psalmist is voicing when he says, "As the
deer pants for the water brooks, so pants my soul for You, O God." The
Psalmist also says, "my soul thirsts for You; my flesh longs for You in a
dry and thirsty land where there is no water."
Where do you look for God? Where do you find God? There is one very obvious
place to look for and to find God. The Psalmist goes on to say, "So I have
looked for You in the sanctuary, to see Your power and Your glory." I saw a
sign at a church this week that said, "Have you been waiting for a sign from
God before you get involved in church? This is it." This devotional is not a
church sign but perhaps God would use this to remind you that you need to be
involved in church, you need to be seeking God with all your heart, mind,
and soul through whatever resources are available to you. "Seek the LORD
while He may be found, call upon Him while He is near. Let the wicked
forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the
LORD, and He will have mercy on him; and to our God, for He will abundantly
pardon (Isaiah 55:6-7)."
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