“I love them that love Me; and those that seek Me
early shall find Me... that I may cause
those that love Me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures.”
Proverbs 8:17, 21
The Lord ever seeks
to change us, as He desires to bring us up into a cooperative relationship with
Him in the outworking of His higher purposes. Before we can go with Him,
we must first come to Him. Therefore, the Lord waits for us to reach out
toward Him and invite Him to come within (those
that seek Me early shall find Me).
“Come, My beloved, let us go forth into the field; let us lodge in the
villages. Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine
flourish, whether the tender grape appear, and the pomegranates bud forth:
there will I give you My loves.” Song of Solomon 7:11-12
The time that we
spend devotionally in His presence is of tremendous importance. Each day,
we should come into our “set apart place”
to worship Jesus, and with a thankful heart acknowledge His goodness concerning
us.
We should come into
His presence in submission and dependence, as being a branch that is attached to the true
vine (the tree of life) and give
expression in audible worship, as we partake of communion with Him, and then
devotionally read His Word. As we faithfully do this, day after day, an
impartation of “Spirit” (His quickened presence) will flow into the
depth of our being to build up our faith and provide us with the necessary “enabling grace” for obedience, so we can live
and walk, closer to Jesus.
