Selfish Pursuit

“If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink.  He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.”  John 7:37-38

I've recently pulled out my old journals that I write in during my time spent with the Lord.  If you were to read through them, you may think I'm a little selfish.  You'd be right!  My desire for the past 6 years has been to selfishly pursue the nature of God.  It hasn't been about praying for others or learning what is right and wrong.  If anything, those things have often gotten in the way of my pursuit of Him.

Please don't misunderstand, we should often pray for one another and should seek to do what's right in the sight of God.  But we can't start there.  We must learn to press through the "wind and the waves" of life to see Him and learn His nature.  We must learn to use the gift of a sound mind to focus all of our thoughts on Him. 

From that place of intimacy with Him will flow all prayer and righteous living.  As the Scripture at the top says, we must first go to Him, then the living waters will flow into the avenues of life.  Selfishly pursue the nature of God.  Know Him for yourself.  Don't let anyone else tell you about Him (as I am doing right now).  Go and see. 

Remember, intimacy with God is right now, not yesterday and not tomorrow.  It must be found in the moment with no agenda of my own or thoughts of what I must do today or even who I must pray for today.  Pray that God will teach you to live right now and not worry yourself with the next thing.  God's Presence is just that; present; now; present tense.  When we learn to live in the present tense with God and seek His nature, we will be greatly refreshed as we immerse ourselves in His Spirit.