Seek God for the City - Day 10: Steps

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We are continuing to Seek God for the City, following this great plan laid out by Waymakers.  Our weekly focus continues to be praying through hope; revival of the church.  Under that umbrella, we are seeking God this week on behalf of the Americas and the Caribbean. Today, we are seeking God on behalf of ministries, and asking Him to restore our families. 

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So, seeking God?  The Seek God for the City book from Waymakers does a tremendous job helping us focus on seeking God on behalf of the people, places, organizations, geographic areas, and specific actions that it lays out each day.  I have forayed into those once, but I really feel God is calling me, not to add to those specifics, but rather to talk about the "seeking" itself. 


1 Corinthians 10: 32-33 says: Do not cause anyone to stumble, whether Jews, Greeks or the church of God — even as I try to please everybody in every way. For I am not seeking my own good but the good of many, so that they may be saved.   


Paul says he is not seeking his own good.


Paul says he is "...seeking the...good of many..."


And he is seeking that good so that they may be saved.


The words "seek God" are not explicitly here, but they are here!  OK, this is not THE three steps, not the only three steps to finding God - but they are three pretty important ones.  Let's look:


1.  Not seeking your own good above God and others.  When asked what the greatest commandment was, Jesus said  Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, and mind. And He said the second one was like the first:  Love your neighbor as your self.


2.  Seek the good for many.  What is that?  Jesus said no one is good but God.  


3.  Remembering the why we seek on behalf of others; so that they may be saved.  


This is what I am saying. Putting Him and others before your self, and helping others find God for their own salvation, are ways to help each of us find God for ourselves. 


Just remember...He is our Father and He's not hiding.




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