If You Want To Be Closer To God….

It’s really simple when you think about it. If you want to be closer to God, you have to prioritize Him in your life. He has to be your priority. Not number One, but the only priority in your life. Everything else is secondary, everything. Anything you place before God will be a hinderance to your pursuit of Him. Anything you desire or treat as more important will be a deterrent to your closeness with Him. As the first commandment states and Jesus reiterates, you must love Him with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind. Until you understand this, your pursuit of knowing Him will be limited. Why? Because He knows your heart. Until you show Him how serious your commitment is to Him, you’ll only have a paper-thin relationship. It’s only by truly worshipping Him, giving all of your heart, soul, and mind in pursuing Him, that He reveals more of Himself to you. Anything that gets in the way, is called an idol. Rid yourself of all the idols you willingly or are even unaware of in your life. Then pursue Him whole-heartedly. Your life will change, and you’ll never be the same again. Stop putting it off, start today. Make that commitment, and watch your eyes be filled with spiritual sight. If you’re serious about coming to know God personally, or returning to Him from a “spiritual vacation”, put into practice this principle. It’s the only way.

3 Then Samuel said to all the people of Israel, “If you are really serious about wanting to return to the Lord, get rid of your foreign gods and your images of Ashtoreth. Determine to obey only the Lord; then He will rescue you from the Philistines.” 4 So the Israelites got rid of their images of Baal and Ashtoreth and worshiped only the Lord. 1 Samuel 7:3-4