The worlds in turmoil.
There is a created stress producing evil and the instability
is rampant with unrest all around us.
People are struggling, looking for answers…
And we have them!!
Everyone has their own system of seeking truth in resolving issues and understanding circumstances around them. There are a lot of lies out there!
Do you want solutions? How do you recognize the truth?
Our universal and only true God has taught us how find answers. To level the playing field and see evil for what it is from God’s perspective, let’s look at how God defines it…“we do EVIL because we did not set our heart to seek the Lord”. (2 Chron. 12: 14)
To seek the Lord is a present progressive verb, meaning… an ongoing, never-ending action. If we want answers to the mayhem and disorder around us…we connect with Him daily in His Word. We are robbing God and ourselves by not “setting our heart to seek Him”! We are created to fulfill what we, with Him, are commissioned to do. Our designed purpose is “to do the will of God on earth, even as it is being done in Heaven”. Matthew 6:10 “We are created for a life of good works that He has prepared before-hand for us to do”. Ephesians 2:10
He wants to supply for His family, like any good father, as His family yields to His will and ways. We are to “seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness (and all these things will be added to us”) …”for this reason I say to you, do not be worried about your life, as to what you will eat or drink; nor for your body what you will put on. Are you not worth more than the birds and the lilies…”(mentioned above v. 27-32) Matthew 6:33
Evil is doing our own thing. We have two choices: Wisdom from above that comes as we seek Him or wisdom from below that is evil, Satanic, selfish, proud, and envious. We cannot separate selfishness and pride from Satan. James 3:13-15 We are given clear understanding that setting our heart to seek Him teaches us that sacrificing our will and desires requires a surrendering to God’s will, bringing us into His will and our purpose. Romans 12:1,2
In Matthew there was a group of people doing their version of God’s will, but doing it their own way. Matthew 7:21,22Christ said, “depart from me, I never knew you.” They were doing, what appeared to be the same as the apostles, but it was in self-oriented, satanic power.
Who discerned that? The Lord Jesus did!
How do we know we are “setting our heart to seek Him?”
What is His will, in general, for all believers? Fish for men. Matt 4:19 Walk in the Spirit. Gal 5:16 Seek Him in the Scriptures daily to understand our calling. It always involves service. He came to serve, not to be served. He lives in the believer to continue to do just that. If you are focused on all of the evil that is happening around you or the turmoil of circumstances that are incumbering you…set your heart to seek Him and know He has the answer and is waiting to give it to you…
Who are you seeking today?
He is the same today, yesterday and forever.
(an adapted study from Ralph Johnson)
~Jackie Johnson - I am a former tribal missionary to the Kuna Indians on the Colombian border in Central America. Fluent in several languages, my husband and I currently pastor a Spanish-speaking church in Southern California. My passion is mentoring and equipping dedicated young women for life, marriage, motherhood, and beyond. I am the mother of two daughters and the grandmother of three Princesses and four young Knights.
