God looks down from heaven on the sons of men to see if there are any who
understand, any who seek God. ~ Psalms 53:2
"Are you coming to the conference?" I asked my friend.
"I really don't understand why I should come to this. How can I really benefit?"
Was his response. At that moment, I realized that I was wasting my time with
this man on whom I had invested much throughout his Christian walk. He was often
like a roller coaster-up one minute, down the next.
"You simply aren't hungry enough," I commented to my friend.
Whenever someone must always rationalize and examine whether the things of God
are beneficial to them, you know that they are not hungry enough for God. I
recall one time when I was in a difficult place. I received an audiotape from a
man who gave me some insights into my problem. I was hungry enough to book a
flight to a city 500 miles away just to meet him and find out more. My finances
were at a very low point, so it took some real faith to do this. That meeting
turned out to be a divine appointment and became a turning point in my life.
God is looking for men and women who hunger to know Him. When we believe that we
know all we need to know, we are in a dangerous place. God has placed men and
women in the Body of Christ who have had different experiences and gifts that
can be helpful in our own spiritual pilgrimages. It requires humility of heart
to realize that we can learn from others. We can easily rationalize our business
pressures and time commitments to discount such opportunities.
Excerpted with permission from the book TGIF Today God Is First, by Os Hillman,
copyright 2000, Destiny Image Publishers, Reprinted by permission. For free
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