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18th June 2024
TuesdayReflection
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Chris Hendrix offers
'Devotions by Chris Hendrix'
'Seeking To Know God More'
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Several years ago I was at work when a crazy thunderstorm popped up.
My boss called me and said she needed help.
When I went out the front door of the building, her car was in the street with water over the bonnet.
I waded through the water into the street and told her to put it in neutral.
I then pushed the car into the parking lot.
As she was getting out of the car, I noticed my wedding ring was missing.
I began searching through the high water for it while lightening was striking and it was pouring down rain.
I searched for an hour and a half and couldn't find it.
I then waited for the storm to stop and started looking again as the water receded.
After another hour of searching, I couldn't find it.
I prayed, "Lord, I give up. I don't know what to do."
When I opened my eyes, the ring was between my feet.
In Acts 8 there's the story of an Ethiopian eunuch who went to Jerusalem to worship and was on his way home.
What you may not know is that the Old Testament forbid eunuch from entering the Temple.
This man had travelled a long way searching for God only to have been turned away.
Even in his rejection, he kept searching for God and bought a scroll of Isaiah to help him.
As he was reading it, God sent the disciple Philip to go meet him.
Philip heard him reading and asked if he understood.
The eunuch said no one had guided him to know God or to understand it.
So Philip explained the prophesy of Isaiah 53 in reference to Jesus and the Good News.
The eunuch wanted to be baptized after that and asked what laws would stop that.
I'm sure Philip smiled and said that Jesus was available to all who seek Him.
Then he baptized the eunuch.
Jeremiah says,
"You will seek me, and you will find me because you will seek me with all your heart"
..... Jeremiah 29:13(GNT).
Even though you have found Jesus as the Ethiopian eunuch did, you must still continue to seek God.
Just as you can't know a person after one encounter, you can't know God with one.
That first encounter brought salvation, but there is so much more God wants us to know about Himself.
Have you grown complacent with where you are in your relationship to Him?
He says if we will seek Him and search Him out more, you will find there more to Him and that He wants to reveal Himself to you, but you must seek Him with your whole heart.
Don't stop trying to get to know Him, His Word or His ways.
Search for Him like a lost treasure.
Don't give up in the middle of a storm.
Don't quit searching just because things are going well either.
There is more to God than you can ever know or search out, and He's willing to show Himself to you if you're willing to seek Him out.
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Devotions by Chris Hendrix
The purpose of my site is to bring daily encouragement to other believers who struggle how I once did.
I use everyday life stories, analogies and God's Word to help believers grow in their relationship with God.
I want readers to start their day thinking about God by reading one of these short devotionals.
I hope they find practical advice for taking that next step of faith.
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