GOD’S WORD FOR  MAY 1

We are reading from a daily devotional  called “Running To Win” written by Erwin Lutzer  and the late, great D.L. Moody.   Erwin Lutzer is a light in our day as D.L. Moody was in his.  Besides his many ministries, and many books, Pastor Lutzer was Senior Pastor at Moody Church in Chicago for 36 years and now serves as Pastor Emeritus there.  He is Chancelor and a former professor at Moody Bible Institute, where he taught Theology and Ministry, and now has numerous radio teachings.

WATERED BY THE WORD

Jeremiah 29:13

“You will seek Me and find  Me, when you seek Me with all your heart.”

D.L. MOODY

These are the men who find Christ – those who seek for Him WITH ALL THEIR HEART. I am tired and sick of half-heartedness.  You don’t like a half-hearted man;  you don’t care for anyone to love you with a half-heart, and the lord won’t have it either.  If we are going to seek for Him and find Him, we must do it with all our heart.

I believe the reason why so few people find Christ is because they are not TERRIBLY in earnest about their soul’s salvation.  God is in earnest; everything He has done proves that He is in earnest about the salvation of men’s souls.  What is Calvary but a proof of that?  The Lord wants us to be in earnest when it comes to this great question of the soul’s salvation.  I never saw men seeking Him with all their hearts and not finding Him.

ERWIN LUTZER

The psalmist speaks of two men, two paths, and two very different destinies in Psalm 1.  God blesses those whose hearts are perfect toward Him (2 Chronicles 16:9), who meditate in the law of the Lord, God knows the way of the transgressor; they are like chaff that the wind blows away.  If we meditate day and night, we will be like a tree planted by the rivers of water (Psalm 1:2).

We don’t become spiritual by osmosis.  It takes discipline!  We must be committed to giving God and His word our time, energy, and focus.  The word of God has such transforming power that when we are exposed to it in a meaningful way, it will guide and direct us even during our darkest hours.  Even those of us who already know Christ should continue to seek Him!

PRAYER

Lord, please open my heart to behold wondrous things out of Your law.  I seek You with all my heart.

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Psalm 19:14

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart

Be acceptable in Your sight,

O Lord, my strength and my Redeemer.

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Isaiah 40:8

The grass withers, the flower fades,

But the word of our God stands forever.

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Luke 11:27-28

 As he said these things, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to him, “Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts at which you nursed!”  But he said, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!”

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Proverbs 30:5

Every word of God is pure;

He is a shield to those who put their trust in Him.

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Psalm 119:105

Your word is a lamp to my feet

And a light to my path.

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Psalm 119:11

Your word I have hidden in my heart,

That I might not sin against You.

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Psalm 119:9

How can a young man cleanse his way?

By taking heed according to Your word.

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James 1:22

But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

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