Human nature is to
want more. We’re all pursuing something. It is not bad in itself to pursue our
family, career, business, name and fame. However, nothing we do to advance
ourselves will have its full impact unless we first become God-chaser.
Too many people
today are spinning their wheels without success. Jesus said, “Seek
the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you
everything you need” (Matthew
6:33). In my experience, most people want to pursue God but they don’t know
how. Today we’ll discuss becoming a God-chaser.
The first
thing we have to do to become a God-chaser is to make a decision. Until we make a quality commitment to put
God first in our lives, we’ll not be living up to our full potential. You
may not be anything right now but when you become God-chaser, you’ll have everything
in Him. God has been on your side all your life now it’s time for you to form
an alliance with God.
Jacob
in the Bible is a perfect example for us to learn from. He was a cunning man. He
didn’t consider anyone as long as he had his way. Integrity was not his strength.
He cheated his own brother out of his inheritance over a bowl a soup. One day
Jacob had an encounter with God. He repented from his troubled past and then he
wrestled with an angel until daybreak. Jacob became a God-chaser! The angel
blessed Jacob; gave him a new name (Israel) and a new nature. Everything in his
life began to change from that point. He became the Father of the nation of
Israel.
One of the characters
of a God-chaser is humility. This is so simple yet it is so hard.
Humility means dying to our flesh and self-will. A true God-chaser doesn’t try
to control his/her own life but one who surrenders to God. Humility will make
you bow before God and rise before men. Moses was a self-made man growing up in
the house of Pharaoh. He thought he was something until he killed a man. Like
most of us men, he had a lot of ego. It took God forty years in the wilderness
to humble Moses. But when God was through He made Moses to be the savior of a
nation!
Friend,
today you may be going through your wilderness. Don’t be anxious if it’s taking
you longer than you expected. I assure you, it won’t take you forty years. Life
may be uncomfortable now. Don’t try to hurry the process. The good news is when God is through molding you, you too will make
history. He will not only change your destiny but of your family and generations
to come down your bloodline. When you put
on humility and become God-chaser, He will promote you beyond your wildest
dream.
Raised in a
Buddhist family in Korea, Cho was dying of tuberculosis at the age of
seventeen. A girl came to visit him daily to share Christ with Cho. He couldn’t
resist God’s love for him and Cho became a God-chaser. He was healed of tuberculosis
completely. Cho started a small church with only three people. Today, Dr. Paul
Yonggi Cho has the largest church in the world in Seoul, Korea with a
membership of over one million people! God-chasers are history makers. God wants to make history with you!
Friend, no matter what
you’re facing today, God is waiting for you to return to Him. God is not mad
with you; He’s madly in love with you. He wants you to surrender your life to
Him. If you give Him the broken pieces of
your life, you’ll rise from your ashes. He will take nothing from you
without giving you something far better. If God’s love could reach a cheater
like Jacob and a murderer like Moses, He can certainly reach you. Make a decision
today. Become a God-chaser. I guarantee your life will never be the same again.
I’m praying for you!
“Love the Lord your God with all your passion and prayer
and muscle and intelligence—and that you love your neighbor as well as you do
yourself” (Luke
10:27 The Message).
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