Every believer has their own relationship with God, a relationship which can be very different from another believer. Some people, like well-known Brother Lawrence, spend the day talking to God, even while washing the dishes. Then there are other believers who will admit that speaking with God, inquiring of His will for their lives, has not been happening.
In 1 Samuel 13:14, it states that God sought a man after His own heart. Acts 13:22 agrees that David was a man after God’s heart. In being a man after God’s heart, I noticed something David did often. What pops out while reading Scripture is a statement I see numerous times (1 Samuel 30, 2 Samuel 2, 2 Samuel 5, 2 Samuel 12, 1 Chronicles 14, etc.). It simply says that David “inquired of the Lord.”
Inquiring of the Lord isn’t a difficult task. David was considering going into battle, but first he checked to see what God desired. This inquiring of God’s will is something we can do as well. Giving God time, seeking His will in prayer, we can do anywhere and at anytime. If the Lord is to be first place in our lives, there is an investment that we need to make as believers. Inquire of the Lord– it’s an invitation to allow Him to move through your life in some amazing ways!
“He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together. He is also head of the body, the church; and He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will come to have first place in everything.” – Colossians 1:17-18 [NASB]
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