{"id":9996,"date":"2013-06-10T11:33:55","date_gmt":"2013-06-10T15:33:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/?p=9996"},"modified":"2013-06-10T12:22:32","modified_gmt":"2013-06-10T16:22:32","slug":"and-after-that-whats-next-to-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/?p=9996","title":{"rendered":"And After That What\u2019s Next To Do?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"555\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rgcrLcTa8VE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em><strong>. . . seek, and you will find . . . \u2014Luke 11:9<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nSeek if you have not found. \u201cYou ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss . . .\u201d (James 4:3). If you ask for things from life instead of from God, \u201cyou ask amiss\u201d; that is, you ask out of your desire for self-fulfillment. The more you fulfill yourself the less you will seek God. \u201c. . . seek, and you will find . . . .\u201d Get to work\u2014 narrow your focus and interests to this one thing. Have you ever sought God with your whole heart, or have you simply given Him a feeble cry after some emotionally painful experience? \u201c. . . seek, [focus,] and you will find . . . .\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHo! Everyone who thirsts, come to the waters. . .\u201d (Isaiah 55:1). Are you thirsty, or complacent and indifferent\u2014 so satisfied with your own experience that you want nothing more of God? Experience is a doorway, not a final goal. Beware of building your faith on experience, or your life will not ring true and will only sound the note of a critical spirit. Remember that you can never give another person what you have found, but you can cause him to have a desire for it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c. . . knock, and it will be opened to you\u201d (Luke 11:9). \u201cDraw near to God . . .\u201d (James 4:8). Knock\u2014 the door is closed, and your heartbeat races as you knock. \u201cCleanse your hands . . .\u201d (James 4:8). Knock a bit louder\u2014 you begin to find that you are dirty. \u201c. . . purify your hearts . . .\u201d (James 4:8). It is becoming even more personal\u2014 you are desperate and serious now\u2014 you will do anything. \u201cLament . . . \u201d (James 4:9). Have you ever lamented, expressing your sorrow before God for the condition of your inner life? There is no thread of self-pity left, only the heart-rending difficulty and amazement which comes from seeing what kind of person you really are. \u201cHumble yourselves . . . \u201d (James 4:10). It is a humbling experience to knock at God\u2019s door\u2014 you have to knock with the crucified thief. \u201c. . . to him who knocks it will be opened\u201d (Luke 11:10).<\/p>\n<p>In place of todays journal,  here is the testimony of Lecrae, the author of today&#8217;s music.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/a5uNkFr2AWQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>. . . seek, and you will find . . . \u2014Luke 11:9 Seek if you have not found. \u201cYou ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss . . .\u201d (James 4:3). If you ask for things from life instead of from God, \u201cyou ask amiss\u201d; that is, you ask out of your [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9996"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9996"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9996\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10001,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9996\/revisions\/10001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}