Seeking God in Father’s Love

Seeking God in Father’s Love

  Isaiah 66:1, 2 Thus says the Lord: “Heaven is My throne, And earth is My footstool. Where is the house that you will build Me? And where is the place of My rest? Vs.2 For all those things My hand has made, And all those things exist,” Says the Lord. “But on this one will I look: On him who is poor and of a contrite spirit, And who trembles at My word.”      At one time in my Christian walk I would study the Bible from 8 in the morning until noon each day, I would awake at 5:30am and go to my church to pray each day. It seemed like almost everyday I would try to fast. Most days I ended up buying a box of Captain Crunch cereal and eating the whole thing! I wanted to have Smith Wigglesworth’s anointing. I sought intimacy with God but I sought it wrongly, through trying to build God something, through my works, to build an anointing and enough sacrifice to please Him. I had not learned to simply receive what He freely offers through humility And Brokenness. God desires for us to know Him but because of misconceptions we have about who our Father is we often end up discouraged because our efforts do not bear the fruits we had hoped. We try to build Him something, we try to do something. The very act of trying to do for God ends up keeping us from Him. Ps.131:1-2 Lord, my heart is not haughty, Nor my eyes lofty. Neither do I concern myself with great matters, Nor with things too profound for me. Surely I have calmed and quieted my soul, Like a weaned child with his mother; Like a weaned child is my soul within me. It takes humility to let go of our own efforts and simply receive but it brings a glorious freedom.Zach.4:6…Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ Says the LORD of hosts.Ps.127:1 Unless the Lord builds the house, They labor in vain who build it… Check out Jack Frost’s article on Rest  http://www.shilohplace.org/Downloads/Articles/Article29-WhenWeStrive.pdf