What will it
a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Matthew 16:26
We can have all the
of humanity and not be blessed.
We must desire the blessing of God enough to
for it.
Our Heavenly Father wants to bless, but He is good enough to seek our maturity and
(which really is, when we think about it, blessing.)
God gave Jacob far more than Jacob desired. He gave Jacob
.
What if He is using difficulty and crisis, just like with Jacob, to show us what we really need to be truly blessed, and that is
?
“For I know the plans I have for you”, declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future…You will seek me and find me when you seek me with
. Jeremiah 29:11,13
Jacob wanted
with his brother but instead got
with God.
We must desire the blessing of God for others enough to
for it.
We all have people in our world we desire to find hope and peace, and that comes as they find their way
.
But those who truly love don’t just
people find their way back to God; they
.
Let us fight to daily seek to
someone.
Seeking really to understand someone before I seek to have them understand me -
will communicate love, respect and honor like nothing else we can do. (James 1:19)
One of the best places to
is something we all love to do.
.