{"id":2527,"date":"2020-11-30T07:55:37","date_gmt":"2020-11-30T15:55:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/?p=2527"},"modified":"2020-11-30T07:55:37","modified_gmt":"2020-11-30T15:55:37","slug":"devotion-jeremiah-2913-nothing-greater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/?p=2527","title":{"rendered":"Devotion Jeremiah 29:13 Nothing Greater"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jeremiah 29:13<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0<\/span>You will seek\u00a0me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.<\/i><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/b><\/span>Proverbs 2:1-5<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0<\/span>My son,\u00a0if you accept my words and store up my commands within you, 2\u00a0turning your ear to wisdom and applying your heart to understanding\u20143\u00a0indeed, if you call out for insight and cry aloud for understanding, 4\u00a0and if you look for it as for silver and search for it as for hidden treasure, 5\u00a0then you will understand the fear of the\u00a0Lord and find the knowledge of God.<\/i><\/p>\n

\u00a0James 1:5<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God,\u00a0who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

\u00a0Proverbs 1:7<\/b>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0The fear of know the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction.<\/i><\/p>\n

Do we want eternal blessings, or temporary ones?\u00a0\u00a0The wisdom and knowledge of the world is lesser and temporary than the highest wisdom and greatest knowledge of God that comes from God.\u00a0\u00a0(1 Corinthians 2:10-16<\/b>)\u00a0\u00a0Getting wisdom from yourself, not from God, is cheap, temporary and likely wrong.\u00a0\u00a0Again, true and lasting wisdom comes from God.\u00a0\u00a0What about knowledge that comes from the minds of men.\u00a0\u00a0That is silly to even begin to compare.\u00a0\u00a0It is foolish to want the treasures of men when God offers to all who would come and ask of Him the greatest and eternal treasures.<\/p>\n

The beginning of true knowledge and true wisdom begin with understanding that God is, and has always been, and that He will always exist.\u00a0\u00a0Then to seek God daily.\u00a0\u00a0How do we seek God?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0We seek God through His Spirit and His Word.\u00a0\u00a0We call out to God to bless us with knowledge of Him, and then for increasing knowledge of Him. He has already given us His Word and it is through that the Holy Spirit unveils all the Truth that we can handle, and beyond.\u00a0\u00a0Anyone who thinks that there is truth and knowledge greater than the Holy Scriptures is deceived.<\/p>\n

How do we receive this great wisdom and knowledge that comes from God?\u00a0\u00a0It is He Himself who freely gives it. (James 1:5<\/b>)\u00a0\u00a0God purposely has made things simple for us because He wants to bless us.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(Micah 6:8, Matthew 11:28-30<\/b>)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0How does one get to know God?\u00a0\u00a0Simply by asking Him.\u00a0\u00a0How does one grow in knowledge?\u00a0\u00a0By continually asking His Spirit to reveal what His Word contains.\u00a0\u00a0Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. (James 4:8<\/b>)\u00a0\u00a0Though we should know that He always beside us calling to us. (John 6:44<\/b>)\u00a0\u00a0God is always near to those who desire Him. (Psalm 145:18<\/b>)<\/p>\n

So for those who want to be wise, seek God.\u00a0\u00a0To those who know God ask Him to uncover His Word by His Spirit.\u00a0\u00a0It is not through working hard or striving by the strength of one\u2019s own will that we know God, but by His mercy and grace.\u00a0\u00a0Be wise, know God.\u00a0\u00a0Be wiser, seek Him every day of our life.\u00a0\u00a0As we do, we will have His peace, joy and wisdom.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0He already loves us.\u00a0\u00a0Oh how great are the riches of God!\u00a0\u00a0Praise God!<\/p>\n

Psalm 150:6<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.\u00a0 Praise the Lord!<\/p>\n

Micah 7:7<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0But as for me, I watch\u00a0in hope\u00a0for the\u00a0Lord, I wait for God my Savior; my God will Hear\u00a0me.<\/p>\n

Micah 6:8<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0He has\u00a0shown you, Oh man, what\u00a0is\u00a0good; and what does the\u00a0Lord\u00a0require of you, but\u00a0to do justly, to love\u00a0mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.<\/p>\n

Numbers 6:24-26<\/b>\u00a0The\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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jeremiah 29:13\u00a0–\u00a0You will seek\u00a0me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. \u00a0Proverbs 2:1-5\u00a0–\u00a0My son,\u00a0if you accept my words and store up my commands within you, 2\u00a0turning your ear to wisdom and applying your heart to understanding\u20143\u00a0indeed, if you call out for insight and cry aloud for understanding, 4\u00a0and if you look…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1192],"tags":[129,1700,99,100,101,94,1874,88,17],"class_list":["post-2527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotion","tag-corinthians","tag-james","tag-jeremiah","tag-john","tag-matthew","tag-micah","tag-numbers","tag-proverbs","tag-psalm"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2527"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2527\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2528,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2527\/revisions\/2528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}