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\u201cAnd Solomon, my son, learn to know the God of your ancestors intimately. Worship and serve him with your whole heart and a willing mind. For the Lord sees every heart and knows every plan and thought. If you seek him, you will find him. But if you forsake him, he will reject you forever.\u201d -1 Chronicles 28:9<\/em><\/p>\n A mentor of mine was in town, and he was talking about the importance of seeking God\u2019s presence. \u201cSo many people seek God for what He can do for them, but that\u2019s not what\u2019s important. What\u2019s important is seeking God for His presence.\u201d<\/p>\n There is so much that vies for our attention from the time we\u2019re young until the time we leave this earth. In America, we receive an average of 5,000 messages a day from the media we consume. The world makes us think certain things are more important than they are \u2013 money, success, material possessions, and marital status to name a few.<\/p>\n Many times we start out seeking God because of what He can do for us. We seek Him because we realize we need a Savior. Then, we seek Him because we need financial security. Or we want a husband or a wife. \u201cIf God would only give me this one thing\u2026 than I would be happy!\u201d we tell ourselves. But the truth is, seeking God to get what we want won\u2019t bring us happiness \u2013 it\u2019s His presence that helps us to enjoy the things we do have \u2013 and the ability to cherish the things He gives us in the future. It\u2019s a backwards equation \u2013 we seek God for Him and find contentment, and then perhaps, He allow us to have the things we desired when they no longer have power over us. He asks each of us,\u201dAm I enough?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThose who weep or who rejoice or who buy things should not be absorbed by their weeping or their joy or their possessions. Those who use the things of the world should not become attached to them. For this world as we know it will soon pass away. I want you to be free from the concerns of this life. An unmarried man can spend his time doing the Lord\u2019s work and thinking how to please him.\u201d -1 Corinthians 7:30-32<\/p>\n In the end, the stuff or the people or the circumstances don\u2019t matter. At the end of our lives, it will be God and us \u2013 that\u2019s it. We need to live a life that honors Him, because He is the only thing that matters in the end. No one and nothing else has a say in our eternity.<\/p>\n Are you seeking God for His presence?<\/p>\n Subscribe Now<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Seeking God for His Presence Versus His Blessings \u201cAnd Solomon, my son, learn to know the God of your ancestors intimately. Worship and serve him with your whole heart and a willing mind. For the Lord sees every heart and knows every plan and thought. If you seek him, you will find him. But if<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9770,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2724,182,3074,604],"class_list":{"0":"post-14153","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-devotionals","8":"tag-blessings","9":"tag-god","10":"tag-presence","11":"tag-seeking"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14153"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14153\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}