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This is the day of the "fast lane", Everything needs to be fast and if possible instant. Instant coffee, instant tea, you know that’s the stuff you make with instant water. There is no time to stop, to think, to consider, to seek. As one author put it, Americans are just too busy to seek the Lord. God has much to say about such things as Seeking, waiting, considering and about being still. He talks about Meditation and think on these things. That takes desire and time. CONSIDER=Gaze, observe fully, until you comprehend, perceive, understand. In Psalm 8 we read "When I consider Thy heavens..." When the Psalmist lifts his eyes heavenward and gazes until he understands the power, wisdom and majesty of the Creator, he sees more clearly God’s care and his own frailty and trust in this great God and Father. "...consider how great things He has done for you..." (I Samuel 12:24) Look at them, until you perceive, understand, comprehend the matter. WAIT (Don’t just pass this by, think on it.) You see a facet of the character of God as you read His word, or look at His creation, you wait there, you begin to see, you look, you "camp" there for a while. It does not mean just to sit down and say "Well, Lord, I’m waiting, how long Lord do I have to sit here waiting." No, you get a glimmer of a perfection of God and you begin to pray to see it with clearer eye until you are gripped by it. You are strengthened, plus you begin to measure the situation around you with that measuring cord. The 12 spies in Numbers 13,14 make a good illustration of both these words. All went in to spy out the land, 10 of them seemed to see something much different from the two with the "minority report". The ten were filled with fear, the 2 said "We are well able to overcome them." They had before spent time "Waiting on the Lord" and "Considering.
Take the time to apply the above definitions to the above passages.
(CONSIDER= Comprehend, observe fully, understand, think, heed.) God revealed as Father Son & Holy Spirit Infinite, Eternal, Unchangeable Grace, Holy, Guide, Love, Goodness, Mercy, Creator, Compassion, Faithful, Perfect, Comforter, Savior, Teacher, Wise, Unsearchable, Unchangeable, Sovereign, Self-Existent, Preserver, King, Righteous, Longsuffering, Immutable, Judge, Impartial, Infinite, Omnipresent, Jealous, Invisible, Omniscient, Wrath, Omnipotent, Justice, Truth. "That you might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, "That I may KNOW HIM...not being fruitful in every good as though I had already work, and increasing in the attained...I press toward KNOWLEDGE OF GOD." the mark of the prize..".(Colossians 1:10) (Philippians 3:10-15) 1.Paul’s longing- That I might know Him... 2.By accepting, receiving, loving that which is revealed. 3.Prayer for the Holy Spirit to transform the Facts into heart affecting, life governing understanding. 4. Mere facts, though very truth indeed, would require little effort, and can be had at a much cheaper rate. "Acquaint now thyself with Him, and be at peace..." (Job 22) Please Follow The Path to "If it Ain't" Working for You"
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