Here is a great instruction and exhortation for you today! Psalm 70:4:
4 May all those who seek, inquire of and for You, and require You [as their vital need] rejoice and be glad in You; and may those who love Your salvation say continually, Let God be magnified! AMP
The Amplified Bible does a great job, above, on the word 'seek'! The word 'rejoice' is the Hebrew word "suws". which means: to be bright, cheerful, to DISPLAY joy! Guess what! This is NOT something that you do in the quietness of your own heart! DISPLAY means this can be seen (and heard) by others! Along with this we are told to 'be glad'! This is the Hebrew word "samach", which means: to brighten up, be gleesome! It also means this: usually refers to a spontaneous emotion or extreme happiness which is expressed in some visible and or external manner. It does not normally represent an abiding state of wellbeing or feeling. The emotion represented in the verb is sometimes accompanied by dancing, singing, and playing musical instruments. Now add this to that: (1) a spontaneous, feeling of jubilance (jubilation), (2) a feeling so strong that it finds expression in some external act, and (3) a feeling prompted by some external and unsustained stimulus. In other words, when WE pursue HIM as our vital necessity, THESE are the expected results. If we are not experiencing, and displaying, these results, then most likely we are NOT really pursuing Him VITALLY! Let's make the necessary adjustments in our own personal lives so that HE shines forth from us as the LIGHT that draws all mankind to HIM! AMEN! ONE way to begin to do this is to spend more time in His Word! Hebrews 4:12:
12 For the Word that God speaks is alive and full of power [making it active, operative, energizing, and effective]; it is sharper than any two-edged sword, penetrating to the dividing line of the breath of life (soul) and [the immortal] spirit, and of joints and marrow [of the deepest parts of our nature], exposing and sifting and analyzing and judging the very thoughts and purposes of the heart.
In those times when you 'feel' as though you have missed it, remember, and DO, this from Hebrews 4:15-16:
15 For we do not have a High Priest Who is unable to understand and sympathize and have a shared feeling with our weaknesses and infirmities and liability to the assaults of temptation, but One Who has been tempted in every respect as we are, yet without sinning. 16 Let us then fearlessly and confidently and boldly draw near to the throne of grace (the throne of God’s unmerited favor to us sinners), that we may receive mercy [for our failures] and find grace to help in good time for every need [appropriate help and well-timed help, coming just when we need it].
AMEN! There is no reason for any born again believer to spend one moment out of fellowship with the One, True, Most High, Living, Almighty God of the Bible! We have the privilege, the right and the exhortation to do so! Let's GO! Here is Hillsong United with "GO":
Shalom in Him!
