{"id":1553,"date":"2012-07-24T06:00:01","date_gmt":"2012-07-24T06:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/first15\/2012\/07\/continual-revelation\/"},"modified":"2012-07-24T06:00:01","modified_gmt":"2012-07-24T06:00:01","slug":"continual-revelation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/first15\/2012\/07\/continual-revelation\/","title":{"rendered":"Continual Revelation"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Weekly Overview:<\/h2>\n<p>One of the greatest privileges as a child of God is that we can have the heart of our heavenly Father. We don\u2019t have to wonder how he feels about us. We don\u2019t have to wonder if he will guide us. We don\u2019t have to question whether he loves us or cares about us. Through the Holy Spirit we have continual, free access to the heart of God. May your relationship with God go deeper and become freer as we learn how to have God\u2019s heart this week.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Scripture:<\/h2>\n<p><em>\u201cSeek the Lord and his strength; seek his presence continually!&#8221;<\/em> 1 Chronicles 16:11<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"worship\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Worship:<\/h2>\n<h3>One Thirst and Hunger by Bethel Live<\/h3>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"display: block; margin: auto auto 30px auto; width: 100%; float:left;\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: block; margin: auto; float: left; border: 1px solid #000000; background-color: #484846; padding: 2px; -moz-border-radius: 3px; -khtml-border-radius: 3px; -webkit-border-radius: 3px; border-radius: 3px;\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AjpXDsd4zzk?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<h2>Devotional:<\/h2>\n<p>Seeking God isn\u2019t meant to be a one-time event. We\u2019re not meant to run off the fuel of an occasional encounter with our Father\u2019s love. Rather, seeking and finding God\u2019s heart is to be at the foundation of all we do. It\u2019s to be intertwined in our thoughts, actions, and emotions. He longs to reveal himself to us whether we\u2019re at home, working, watching movies, in a church service, or out with friends. Life with God is meant to be about continual revelation of his heart.<\/p>\n<p>In Jeremiah 29:13-14 God says, <em>\u201cYou will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart. I will be found by you, declares the Lord.&#8221;<\/em> God longs to be found by us. He longs for us to seek out a revelation of his invisible nature, unconditional love, and abounding grace. He longs for us to taste and see that he is good (Psalm 34:8). When you seek out God you won\u2019t be met with nothingness. When you seek to know the will, attributes, feelings, and reality of your heavenly Father, you will find what you seek. His presence is his promise.<\/p>\n<p>I go through too much of my day apart from a revelation of God\u2019s heart. I suffer through insecurities, disappointments, fear, doubt, and worry as if I am on my own. I take my life into my own hands and work to feel valued, fight for what I feel is owed me, feel like quitting when I fail, and wallow in my inability to live life perfectly, when all the while my heavenly Father waits, beckoning me with his grace to simply ask him for his heart. All the while he longs to root and ground me in his love that isn\u2019t based on what I do, but based on his unwavering, unchanging character.<\/p>\n<p>The best news we have today is that God is available to us. He\u2019s ready and willing to pour out a love so rich, so real, and so powerful that everything changes. He\u2019s knocking on the door of our hearts, hoping that we will simply take the time to open up and let him in. Take time today as we enter into guided prayer to seek a fresh revelation of God\u2019s heart. Begin a lifestyle of continually seeking God by giving God all you have right now: yourself. May you be empowered and set free today to live in communion with your loving heavenly Father.<\/p>\n<h2>Guided Prayer:<\/h2>\n<div style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\n<p><strong>1. Reflect on the importance of continually seeking God that he might be continually found.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cYou will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart. I will be found by you, declares the Lord.&#8221;<\/em> Jeremiah 29:13-14<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cSeek the Lord and his strength; seek his presence continually!&#8221;<\/em> 1 Chronicles 16:11<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Ask God for a fresh revelation of his heart today.<\/strong> Take time to quiet yourself and open your heart to receive.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Spend some time in solitude simply being with God.<\/strong> Rather than asking him questions, journal what you are discovering about God. Write down how you feel, aspects of his character you are noticing, and what he seems to be speaking to you.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cBe still, and know that I am God.&#8221;<\/em> Psalm 46:10<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Sometimes simply being with God teaches us more than a thousand questions he could answer. In being still and knowing he is God we learn the reality of his presence and the communion we have with him. We discover his personality and learn to trust in his quiet, calm assurance. There\u2019s nothing as comforting as sitting with him and simply knowing that he has us. May you find peace and comfort in the nearness of God today.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Extended Reading:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=psalm+46&#038;version=NIV\" rel=\"alternate\">Psalm 46<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Weekly Overview: One of the greatest privileges as a child of God is that we can have the heart of our heavenly Father. We don&#8217;t have to wonder how he feels about us. We don&#8217;t have to wonder if he will guide us. 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