Seek God for the City - Day 11: A good place to seek God

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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 those in gangs, and asking Him to manifest His presence and glory.

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So, seeking God?  Where should we look?

David said God was, well, everywhere.  You hem me in—behind and before; you have laid your hand upon me...where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence?  If I go up to the heavens, you are there;  if I make my bed in the depths, you are there. If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast.  (from Psalm 139)


Yet, still we seek.  So, if we cannot find Him like David did, where might we look?


How about church?  Is that too obvious an answer?  Too trite maybe?


No!  Christ established His church, in part, for just that purpose.  He built it as the earthly institution which would house, affirm, and attend to His people. (see Matt. 16:18-19 & 18:15-20)


He stated that as the Father was in Him, He would be in His people, the church.  (John 17:20-23)


His intent was that the wisdom of God be made known through the church. (Ephesians 3:10)

Christians are called to submit to their spiritual leaders. (Hebrews 13:17 & 1 Thessalonians 5:12-13) Those leaders are found, yes, in the church.  Not every church has those leaders, but the right church has those leaders.

And Hebrews 10:25 tells us to not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.

Being a part of Christ's Body, the church, is vital to seeking and finding God.  

So, go to church.  Make sure you become a church where the Word of God is taught, where Jesus is proclaimed as the only way to God, and where the work of the Holy Spirit is evident. 

Seek.  

Find.