Joshua 1:8

"...[B]ut you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success." (Joshua 1:8).

"You search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and these are they which testify of Me." (John 5:39).

"And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart." (Jeremiah 29:13).

Friday, December 6, 2013

Psalm 143:6

I stretch my hands to you; my soul thirsts for you like a parched land.

(referring to the parable of the sower) The second group receives the Word with joy when they hear it, but then they have no root. They have an emotional response, they are quick to tell everyone that they believe, but their emotional response is based on what they thought they might get from Jesus, what He can do for them. It is a superficial response, an instant bloom then a fade.
- ALISTAIR BEGG

To truly seek God, to commune with the Most High, to receive that precious gift from God the Father to the world, one must thirst for righteousness. This is not a "good feeling" but quite the opposite: it is a desperate yearning for that alone which can satisfy our despondent condition - the fountain of everlasting, Jesus Christ.

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