The Pursuer

“How precious are your thoughts about me, O God. They cannot be numbered! I can’t even count them; they outnumber the grains of sand! And when I wake up, you are still with me!”
Psalm 139:17-18 (NLT)

I will never forget the day I was sitting eating dinner with my family when I was six years old. My Dad came home from work and surprised me with something special. I didn’t see him often growing up, so the moment when he walked through the door and handed me a doll I’d had my heart set on for a while, it meant the world to me.

Just like my dad showed me I was in his thoughts and on his heart, so does our Heavenly Father. God pursues His children in different ways, but He does it because His desire is for us to know Him and His love for us.

Psalm 139 shows us that God pursued us even before we began to pursue Him, and that He knows us even more than we know ourselves. He knows our joys, our fears, our grief, and every thought we have.

Before Jesus was crucified, He fell down with his face to the ground in prayer. Jesus knew he could go to His Father during one of the most agonizing and excruciating moments in his life because He knew the love God the Father had for him.

As a child, I missed knowing my father more, but I know he loved me. God never leaves. He’s always there. Knowing our Heavenly Father is the only way to fill the emptiness we can so often experience. The more we nurture a relationship with Him, the more we will know and cherish Him and His pursuing love for us.

Heavenly Father, thank you for reminding me that you love me and desire to have an intimate relationship with me. I want to know you and know your purpose for my life so that your will is done through me. I pray that you would open my heart and mind to know you and love you more. Amen.

By Brigitte Straub
Used by Permission

Are you at a place in your life where you want to know Jesus and have him in your life? You can start a life surrendered to Christ today. This is a sample, simple prayer, but the words are powerful and full of meaning. If you truly believe them Christ will enter your life and start you on a wonderful journey. (not always easy, but never alone)

Lord Jesus, I want to know You personally. Thank You for dying on the cross for my sins. I open the door of my life to You and ask You to come in as my Savior and Lord. Take control of my life. Thank You for forgiving my sins and giving me eternal life. Make me the kind of person You want me to be.

It starts now!

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