Shalom! Whatever is going on around you shouldn't distract you from what the Word of God has always told us about God's demands and commandments. We really need to be very careful with the kinds of lives we're leading.
Let's see what God said in the book of Jeremiah in addition to His demand in Hebrew 11: 6.
Jeremiah 29: 11-13
11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
12 Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.
13 And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
The first thing about the Bible kind of faith is relationship with God. Jesus puts it this way, "But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you" (Matthew 6:33).
I know we have needs and God is more than willing to have those needs met. He has infact made the provisions of those things, and you won't get them untill you put first things first - a holy lifestyle before God and man.
God says, "Be ye holy; for I am holy" (1 Peter 1:16). God requires holiness from us. Let's give it to Him. Let's reverence Him so that those other things we need will fall into their rightful places in our lives.
The faith message is actually a holiness message. With faith we please God and with holiness we see Him. The Bible says, "Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see God" (Hebrews 12: 14).
Till next posting, God bless.
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