Morning by Morning, November 12 - How to "Draw Near to God"
Good morning, Lord Jesus. I welcome You and worship You, here in my heart and throughout the moments of my day -- Father, Son, and Holy Spirit of God. ...
"Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you" (James 4:6).
Lord, how do I "draw near" to You? ...
It seems I hear You saying in my heart, "Surrender and seek. In an attitude of your heart, surrender your heart to Mine, your will to Mine. Allow Me to form My thoughts in your mind and My desires in your heart. To surrender to Me is to rest in Me. As You do, My Spirit stirs in your spirit to seek Me, to passionately pursue Me, to put Me first above all else. In this trusting surrender and seeking pursuit, you draw near to Me, as You give Me room to move in you to desire and to do this very thing I created you to be -- My beloved one." ...
Yes, Lord. May I be Your beloved one (Song of Solomon 5:1; Ephesians 5:1; Colossians 3:12; 1 Thessalonians 1:4; Jude 1:1). May I be one who surrenders and seeks, one who draws near and doesn't hold back, one who presses in through passionate pursuit to be as close to You as I can be. Uproot and remove everything in me and everything between us that would ever separate us (James 4:6b; Romans 8:38-39). And replace that all with the intimacy with You that You've created me to know.
May I seek You first and fully abide in You (Matthew 6:33; John 15:4). May I draw near to You and become one with You. "Anyone united to the Lord become one spirit with Him.... (My) body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within (me), which (I) have from God" (1 Corinthians 6:17-19). In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.
Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays
My friend, I pray you draw near to God and become one with Him as His beloved one, just as He created you to be, in Jesus' name! Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend!
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James 4:8
NIV Come near to God and He will come near to you.
NLT Come close to God, and God will come close to you.
Ps 73:28
NIV But as for me, it is good to be near God. I have made the Sovereign LORD my refuge; I will tell of all Your deeds.
NLT But as for me, how good it is to be near God! I have made the Sovereign LORD my shelter, and I will tell everyone about the wonderful things You do.
KJV But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all Thy works.
Matt 11: 28
NIV Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
GNT Come to Me, all of you who are tired from carrying heavy loads, and I will give you rest.
Jer 31:25
NIV I will refresh the weary and satisfy the faint.
NLT For I have given rest to the weary and joy to the sorrowing.
John 4:14 But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life. BSB
Ps 107:9 For He satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things. BSB