Diligently Seeking God
Based on the idea in Hebrews 11:6, Diligently Seeking God urges the reader to be passionate, careful, and persistent in seeking God. We must not be content until we have the relationship with God we were created to enjoy.
Our Utilitarian Approach to God (September 28)
If our relationship with God is based upon love, we can ill afford to let self-centered (though we would simply call them “practical”) motives ...
January
- Our Deepest Need, Our Greatest Reward (January 1)
- In the Image of God (January 2)
- Our Need for Relationship (January 3)
- Love’s Quest (January 4)
- Diligently Seeking God (January 5)
- A Broken World (January 6)
- A Weary World (January 7)
- Substitute Satisfactions (January 8)
- Seeing and Seeking (January 9)
- Why Don’t We See? (January 10)
- Why Don’t We Seek? (January 11)
- Believing That God Is Real (January 12)
- The Burning ‘Yes’ (January 13)
- Capacity for Joy (January 14)
- The Joy of Fulfilling Our Purpose (January 15)
- The End of All Our Desire (January 16)
- What Faith Makes Possible (January 17)
- Letting God Be God (January 18)
- Letting People Be People (January 19)
- Hiding from God (January 20)
- Labor That Finally Fails (January 21)
- The Beginning of Wisdom (January 22)
- The United Heart (January 23)
- The Work of Gathering and Collecting (January 24)
- Less Can Be More (January 25)
- Hearts That Feel Nothing (January 26)
- The Great Physician (January 27)
- Shining Faces (January 28)
- Small Steps That Lead to Great Understanding (January 29)
- True Heart, Brave Heart (January 30)
- Joyful Strength (January 31)
February
- Longing for God (February 1)
- Awakening to God (February 2)
- Discovery (February 3)
- Everlasting Sanctuary (February 4)
- The Battlefield of the Human Heart (February 5)
- Clarity (February 6)
- For the Purpose of Obedience (February 7)
- We Must Try to Grow (February 8)
- Unconditional Surrender (February 9)
- On Being a Person ‘After God’s Own Heart’ (February 10)
- The Face of Friendship (February 11)
- The Love of a Soul Near Its Home (February 12)
- God Not Only Gives, He Graciously Receives (February 13)
- An Important Redefinition (February 14)
- The Ultimate Paradigm (February 15)
- Glory and Grandeur (February 16)
- Worthy to be Praised (February 17)
- Worthy to be Loved (February 18)
- A Greater Sense of the Possible (February 19)
- Praying for the Greater Things (February 20)
- No Use Pretending (February 21)
- The Strong Heart Is Not Callous (February 22)
- We Can Truly Change (February 23)
- The Great Encounter (February 24)
- The Cult of the Naked Emperor (February 25)
- The Cult of Self-Flagellation (February 26)
- Real Change, Slow Progress (February 27)
- Going Toward God, Come Whatever May (February 28)
- How the Sojourner Lives and Loves (February 29)
March
- Likeness (March 1)
- More Than Mere Suffering (March 2)
- Brilliance Against a Dark Background (March 3)
- What Happens to Faith as Life Unfolds? (March 4)
- Some Thoughts on God’s Goodness (March 5)
- Ebenezer (March 6)
- Light on the Road (March 7)
- The Prepared Heart (March 8)
- Moments Make a Life (March 9)
- Damaging Desires (March 10)
- The Problem of Profanity (March 11)
- The Religion of the Undisturbed (March 12)
- A Necessary Turning (March 13)
- Anomie (March 14)
- Ashes and Anguish (March 15)
- Silence and Solitude (March 16)
- Dark Days of Faith (March 17)
- Openness (March 18)
- What Sacrifice Means (March 19)
- Deterioration (March 20)
- The Danger of Undiscovered Sin (March 21)
- Repenting Before We Sin (March 22)
- More Than Mere Insurance (March 23)
- Are We Looking for Automatic Obedience? (March 24)
- Learning to Love Our Father’s Desires (March 25)
- Doing What We Can Do (March 26)
- Improve! (March 27)
- Philosophies, Choices (March 28)
- Those Who Will See God (March 29)
- Doing What’s Right . . . For God’s Sake (March 30)
- The Beauty of Holiness (March 31)
April
- Ready to Listen (April 1)
- The Declaration of God (April 2)
- Idolatry (April 3)
- God Minimized (April 4)
- Taking Time to Think About God (April 5)
- Real Theology (April 6)
- Lifelong Learning About God (April 7)
- Carefulness in Speaking of God (April 8)
- We Must Know God to Love and Worship Him (April 9)
- Delighting in God’s Law (April 10)
- Greater Minds and Hearts (April 11)
- The Excellence of His Majesty (April 12)
- According to Each One’s Need (April 13)
- Both Rest and Responsibility (April 14)
- He Knows (April 15)
- Strength for the Loyal Heart (April 16)
- Principle vs. Impulse (April 17)
- When the Flesh Is Weak (April 18)
- Selfish Motives Are Not Strong Enough (April 19)
- The Ultimate Reason to Refuse Sin (April 20)
- God Must Be Sought Even Before Spiritual Strength (April 21)
- If We Had Such a Heart (April 22)
- Godly Fear (April 23)
- Godly Sorrow (April 24)
- This Is Our Wisdom (April 25)
- Aspiring To Be Acceptable (April 26)
- Be Still! (April 27)
- Verbiage (April 28)
- Foolish Disregard (April 29)
- The Simple Willingness to Acknowledge God (April 30)
May
- Higher Ground (May 1)
- Peaceful Management of the Moments (May 2)
- Is There Anything We Can’t Let Go Of? (May 3)
- Good and Right and True (May 4)
- Seeking a God Who Is Both Far and Near (May 5)
- The Feast Within (May 6)
- Center (May 7)
- Delighting in God (May 8)
- No Trivial Pursuit (May 9)
- Desire More Deeply Felt (May 10)
- Seeking God with the Whole Person (May 11)
- Tender Hearts (May 12)
- Emptiness (May 13)
- Moved by Gratitude to Seek and to Serve (May 14)
- Active Love and the Knowledge of God (May 15)
- Sincerely Setting Our Hearts on God (May 16)
- Our Casual Requests for God’s Costly Grace (May 17)
- Yielding to God (May 18)
- Qualities That Keep Us from God’s Best Blessings (May 19)
- Are We Being Hindered by Careless Thinking About God? (May 20)
- Readmittance to the Knowledge of God (May 21)
- Able to See God’s Glory (May 22)
- Love, Obey, Worship (May 23)
- Beyond Conformity (May 24)
- When Sorrow Turns to Self-Pity (May 25)
- Freedom from the Fear of Suffering (May 26)
- Inner Strength, Inner Light (May 27)
- Our Stewardship of God’s Help (May 28)
- The Door Is Closed to the Unforgiving Spirit (May 29)
- Something Greater Than Greatness (May 31)
June
- One Thing We Must Always Do (June 1)
- A Faith Strengthened by Doubt (June 2)
- The God Who Waits for Our Return (June 3)
- Longing for Lost Fellowship (June 4)
- A Truth That Each One Must Deal With (June 5)
- Worldliness (June 6)
- Materialism (June 7)
- Weakness (June 8)
- Strength (June 9)
- Eternal Perfection (June 10)
- The Fountain of Life (June 11)
- The Gift of God (June 12)
- Fruit-Bearing Discipleship (June 13)
- Halfheartedness (June 14)
- The Difficulty of Indecision (June 15)
- Letting Go of Our Liabilities (June 16)
- The Pursuit of Christ’s Love (June 17)
- Fire (June 18)
- The Good That Diligence Will Do (June 19)
- Only the Loving Heart Truly Worships (June 20)
- The Poverty of Our Faith (June 21)
- Ordeals Make Some Things Obvious (June 22)
- The Desperate Desire for Deliverance (June 23)
- Unconditional Reverence (June 24)
- Letting the Lord Decide (June 25)
- Seeking God and Seeking Truth (June 26)
- Between Disillusionment and Denial (June 27)
- Faith, Darkness, and Doubt (June 28)
- Well-Placed Faith (June 29)
- Within the Circle of God’s Care (June 30)
July
- God Is All That We Lack . . . and More (July 1)
- Friends of God (July 2)
- Walking with God (July 3)
- Made to be Filled (July 4)
- Willing to be Filled (July 5)
- A Mother’s Love (July 6)
- The Divine Compassion (July 7)
- God Has Never Trifled with Us (July 8)
- The Passionate Pursuit of God (July 9)
- Powerful Prayer (July 10)
- Single-Minded Love (July 11)
- Head and Heart (July 12)
- Stewardship of the Emotions (July 13)
- The Servant’s Opportunity (July 14)
- Where God’s Love Is Best Learned (July 15)
- What Faith Makes Possible, Love Makes Easy (July 16)
- The Problem of Heartless Prayer (July 17)
- Friendship as an Ingredient of Love (July 18)
- What Good Is God’s Friendship? (July 19)
- What Are We Seeking? (July 20)
- Getting the Right Answers (July 21)
- The Ideal Life (July 22)
- Awed by God’s Grandeur (July 23)
- Particular People (July 24)
- Solid Self-Respect (July 25)
- Seeking God, Serving Others (July 26)
- Continuance (July 27)
- Captivated (July 28)
- Failing to Take God into Account (July 29)
- The Emptiness of Autonomy (July 30)
- A Difficult Thing for Good People to Do (July 31)
August
- Not What I Will (August 1)
- Surrendering to God’s Intention (August 2)
- Second-Stage Spirituality (August 3)
- Are We Awake to God’s Wonders? (August 4)
- The Revelation of God (August 5)
- Jesus Christ Is Not a Doctrine (August 6)
- Knowing More of God (August 7)
- Always Upward (August 8)
- The Wisdom of Godly Character (August 9)
- Love and Not Obey? (August 10)
- Hearts in Tune (August 11)
- Resolution (August 12)
- When Foresight Fails (August 13)
- We Need Both Desire and Training (August 14)
- Where We’re Most Vulnerable (August 15)
- The Call of the World (August 16)
- Zerrissenheit (August 17)
- Bondage to Self (August 18)
- Learning to Worship God (August 19)
- Prayerful Living (August 20)
- To Know It Is to Weep (August 21)
- Each Vessel Is Uniquely Broken (August 22)
- When We Realize What Mercy Means (August 23)
- One Prayer That Will Never Be Answered (August 24)
- More Fully Occupying Our Own Houses (August 25)
- Godly Goals Are Always Greater (August 26)
- Tests and Opportunities (August 27)
- Ordinary Trials, Extraordinary Results (August 28)
- Would God Say Our Enemies Are Right? (August 29)
- The Prince of Peace Brought a Sword (August 30)
- Managing Multiple Priorities (August 31)
September
- The Hazard of the Headlines (September 1)
- Seeking God with Our Families (September 2)
- Harder . . . But Much Easier (September 3)
- To Seek Truly We Must Seek Penitently (September 4)
- The Groaning Heart (September 5)
- The Humble Heart of the Seeker (September 6)
- The Open Mind of the Seeker (September 7)
- Self-Satisfaction (September 8)
- Good, Clean Godlessness (September 9)
- The Possessive Life (September 10)
- Shortcuts Turn Out to be Disappointing (September 11)
- Quality of Life (September 12)
- If We’re Hungry for Goodness (September 13)
- Longing for Whatever God Says (September 14)
- Music to Our Ears (September 15)
- Spiritual ‘Reality’ (September 16)
- When We Lose What We Were Made For (September 17)
- At All Costs (September 18)
- First Love (September 19)
- Being Wise Is Not What It’s About (September 20)
- Nothing Between Us? (September 21)
- When the Road Forks (September 22)
- Is Regret Good for Us or Bad? (September 23)
- Powerful Truth (September 24)
- Becoming Adept at Devotion (September 25)
- God Will Always Love Us More (September 26)
- The Trust That Takes God Seriously (September 27)
- Our Utilitarian Approach to God (September 28)
October
- Traces of God (October 4)
- The Heart Can Help (October 5)
- Open to God (October 6)
- Kaizen (October 7)
- Grounded in God (October 8)
- The Principal Part of Faith (October 9)
- If? (October 10)
- Faith and Love Firmly Fixed (October 11)
- What the Son of God Came to Give Us (October 12)
- What Is the Point of Life in Christ? (October 13)
- God Is Not the Same as His Creation (October 14)
- Logos (October 15)
- Should God Wait? (October 16)
- It All Comes Down to This (October 17)
- Blessed Are Those Who Mourn (October 18)
- Blessed Are the Pure in Heart (October 19)
- The Impossible Path Is the Most Popular (October 20)
- No Successful Defiance (October 21)
- Heedless Hearing (October 22)
- Jesus Christ Is Not Our Lord If . . . (October 23)
- The Importance of Discernment (October 24)
- The Key to Discernment (October 25)
- Defined by Our Love for God (October 26)
- Fountainhead (October 27)
- Answering God’s Call to Seek Him (October 28)
- While God’s Patience Waits (October 29)
- Spiritual Treasure (October 30)
- No Greater Disadvantage (October 31)
November
- When Our Seeking Goes Astray (November 1)
- Christianity Is Not a Detour (November 2)
- Moving Toward Immortality (November 3)
- Lest We Forget the Goal (November 4)
- A God of Both Mercy and Justice (November 5)
- Choosing to Live (November 6)
- The Pleasure of Pleasing God (November 7)
- God’s Kingdom, God’s Will (November 8)
- The Integrity of True Worship (November 9)
- Offerings (November 10)
- Self-Righteousness (November 11)
- Deeds of Denial (November 12)
- Handle with Care! (November 13)
- No Compromise (November 14)
- Verity (November 15)
- Validation (November 16)
- Light and Liberation (November 17)
- Truth and Trust (November 18)
- Our Enemy Is Not Imaginary (November 19)
- Real Exaltation (November 20)
- Something Else That Requires Diligence (November 21)
- Hearts That Are True (November 22)
- The Bountiful Harvest (November 23)
- Ultimate Experience (November 24)
- Choosing Our Focus (November 25)
- Eternal Glory (November 26)
- The Open Way (November 27)
- Herein Is Our Glory (November 28)
- Where Frustration Comes From (November 29)
- The Cost of Things Worth Having (November 30)
December
- What Should We Demand of God? (December 1)
- Creative Tension vs. Emotional Tension (December 2)
- Careful Learning (December 3)
- Pitfalls (December 4)
- Discipleship and Self-Denial (December 5)
- Accepting Our Assignments (December 6)
- Learning What We Long to Know (December 7)
- What Does God Want Us to Learn? (December 8)
- A Dry and Thirsty Land (December 9)
- When We Do Without God (December 10)
- Much More Than Whitewash (December 11)
- Becoming Real (December 12)
- Ask, Seek, Knock (December 13)
- More Than Any Concern for Ourselves (December 14)
- Grace Teaches Us to Say No (December 15)
- What Does the Lord Require? (December 16)
- Seeking God Deliberately (December 17)
- One Pearl of Great Price (December 18)
- Seeking God in His Word (December 19)
- Willing to be Stirred Up (December 20)
- Ears That Do Not Hear (December 21)
- Can We Be Confident? (December 22)
- Reserved for God Alone (December 23)
- Beloved (December 24)
- To the King Be Honor (December 25)
- Knowing God (December 26)
- Broken Cisterns (December 27)
- Today (December 28)
- Persistent Love (December 29)
- Worthy Art Thou (December 30)
- This We Seek: To Be Made Pleasing to God (December 31)