Gaining Direction Through Seeking And Knocking

Have you ever done something that was so much fun that you prayed that time itself would slow down so you could enjoy yourself as much as possible?

For instance, think about surfing, you wait in anticipation for that ideal day, a perfect set of waves, and the sun is high in the sky. You have the beach roughly to yourself since there is almost no one out in the water.... now you have just 20 minutes and you are looking for that one last set to form on the horizon and then call it a day.

Sometimes one of the most frustrating things in life is coming to the realization that we are getting older—not that this a good or bad thing—but are we really using our time like God is leading us to and accomplishing all that we hoped to in the flow of what He is calling us into.

Maybe you really do not have frustration in this regard, but don't you absolutely want to do as much as you can for God during the time He has given you?

Be respectful of God, knowing that He is the One who is guiding you in the flow of things, putting before you the exact things that He wants YOUR hands on and sowing into. It may help to keep the following points in mind on a daily bases, to stay more aware of how you are using your time.

God wants you to:

• Prepare your minds for action
• Be self-controlled
• Set your hope on the grace to be brought to you at the return of Jesus
• Do not conform to your former evil desires you had in ignorance

During your stay upon earth God wants you to do everything you can to live for Him:

• You will answer to Him for all that you have done in this world.
• You are not your own and have been bought with price
• You are called for this purpose.
• Keep your hope and eyes upon God.

It is easy to get away from what God is leading us in and become consumed with the distractions of the world out of sacristy or misdirection. In either cause all we need to do is come before God seeking and knocking, ready to receive and flow in that which He is calling us into.

 

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

Luke 11:9-10