• Post Type: Backblast
  • When: 03/27/2023
  • AO: The Sword
  • QIC: Maybelline
  • FNG's:
  • PAX: Wirenut, Camellia(R), Slaw(R), Witchita, Mayor, West Side, Balljoint, Broke(R), Gumby, Stogie, Chubbs

PAX came out in the gloom for a run/ruck followed by COT/ 3rdF

COT/ 3rdF

Matthew 7:7–8

Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

In the process of seeking God, we need to ask God for continuously drawing us to Him in order to keep us moving forward, and also ask Him to help us not to give up half-way. 

We often feel that we’ll never find what we’re looking for, but the real problem is that we did not keep on looking. Seeking, finding and knocking are all steps in the process of seeking God. If you really want to see the President of United States, you may write a letter to him. You wait for a long time and finally received a reply from the White House stating that the President invites you to meet him. You’ve sought him and he responded, but you haven’t met him yet. You must then find out how to get to the White House; when you are at the White House, you’ve found it. But you still haven’t seen the President, because you need to come to the oval office and knock on the door. When the President opens the door, you’ve finally met him!

The process of seeking the Lord is very similar. Very often the Lord promised us something, but it’s a long way from us actually getting it. We need to continuously seek, and we often only find some experiences or doctrines but not the Lord Himself. 

We need to keep on seeking until we are in front of the Lord, seeing Him face to face. Nothing can replace the precious experience of being with the Lord — Not even spiritual experience or knowledge, law or tradition. When are you with the Lord face to face, communicating with Him in prayer, you will be able to enjoy the sweetness of being in the Lord. 

May God help us, give us an eager heart and never stop half-way. No matter what you spiritual condition is, just keep on moving and keep on seeking until you and the Lord have each other completely.

Many PAX shared their thoughts and comments.  The biggest takeaway from this that I had was, why do we not ask for God’s guidance more humbly and more often?  Pride, arrogance and shame seemed to be the biggest reasons.  God grant us the wisdom to be humble always and seek Your Will in our lives.

COT

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