{"id":2207,"date":"2020-05-08T06:53:06","date_gmt":"2020-05-08T14:53:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/?p=2207"},"modified":"2020-05-08T06:53:06","modified_gmt":"2020-05-08T14:53:06","slug":"devotion-2-chronicles-169a-i-oughta-be-committed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/?p=2207","title":{"rendered":"Devotion             2 Chronicles 16:9a         I Oughta Be Committed"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\"><b>2 Chronicles 16:9a<\/b>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<i>For the eyes of the Lord range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him.\u00a0<\/i><\/div>\n<p class=\"yiv2879672723ydp76540524MsoNoSpacing\">As the Lord looks over the earth looking for \u201cthose whose hearts are fully committed to him,\u201d do His eyes suddenly stop and focus on me? With His gaze fixed on me does He say, \u201cThere\u2019s one right there!\u201d\u00a0\u00a0Oh Lord mold me and make me to be one that stops Your eyes as You search for those who are completely Yours! My heart bleeds that You might know me as completely Yours! For in Your knowledge is truth and in the truth is the true condition of my heart and the true state of my mind.\u00a0\u00a0Oh Lord may\u00a0<b>Romans 12:2<\/b>\u00a0be my testimony: \u201c<i>Do not conform\u00a0to the pattern of this world,\u00a0but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.\u00a0Then you will be able to test and approve what God\u2019s will is\u2014his good, pleasing\u00a0and perfect will.<\/i>\u201d\u00a0\u00a0My God, may my heart be as King David\u2019s was \u201c<i>the\u00a0Lord\u00a0has sought out a man after his own heart<\/i>.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0(<b>1 Samuel 13:14b<\/b>)\u00a0\u00a0Though my mind inclines toward being undisciplined, may You mold it and train it to be a vessel able to carry out Your divine purpose.\u00a0\u00a0Lord Jesus may\u00a0<b>Psalm 144:1-2<\/b>\u00a0be true of me \u201c<i>Praise be to the\u00a0Lord\u00a0my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle.\u00a0\u00a02\u00a0He is my loving God and my fortress, my stronghold\u00a0and my deliverer, my shield,\u00a0in whom I take refuge.<\/i>\u201d\u00a0\u00a0May I be the clay that is fashioned by You to bring You glory.\u00a0\u00a0Though I am earthy, please make me Your heavenly tool that shows the mastery of Your hands, the mastery of You!\u00a0\u00a0<b>1 Corinthians 4:7<\/b>\u00a0\u201c<i>But we have this treasure in jars of clay\u00a0to show that this all-surpassing power is from God\u00a0and not from us<\/i>.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0Oh Lord, all I want is You and only in You is eternal peace and joy for my soul found.\u00a0\u00a0Thank You Lord!\u00a0\u00a0Praise You Lord!<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2879672723ydp76540524MsoNoSpacing\"><span class=\"yiv2879672723ydp76540524yiv5706174008ydp3c7a41e3yiv2838824599ydpa9175395text\"><b>P<\/b><\/span><b>salm 150:6<\/b>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.\u00a0 Praise the Lord!<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2879672723ydp76540524MsoNoSpacing\"><b>Micah 7:7<\/b>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0But as for me, I watch\u00a0in hope\u00a0for the\u00a0Lord, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear\u00a0me.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2879672723ydp76540524MsoNoSpacing\"><b>Micah 6:8<\/b>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0He has shown You, O man, what\u00a0is\u00a0good; and what does the\u00a0Lord\u00a0require of You but to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with Your God.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2879672723ydp76540524MsoNoSpacing\"><b>Numbers 6:24-26<\/b>\u00a0\u201cThe\u00a0Lord\u00a0bless you and keep you; 25\u00a0the\u00a0Lord\u00a0make His face shine on you and be gracious to you; 26\u00a0the\u00a0Lord\u00a0turn His face\u00a0toward you and give you peace.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2 Chronicles 16:9a\u00a0\u2013\u00a0For the eyes of the Lord range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him.\u00a0 As the Lord looks over the earth looking for \u201cthose whose hearts are fully committed to him,\u201d do His eyes suddenly stop and focus on me? 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