Press On!

For the past few years I have written a journal/blog that comes from my personal journey through The Word. I am certainly not a theologian, but I’m a student of The Word. I want to know more and more about The Lord as I journey through His Word. This morning as I’m reading the book of Hosea, I hear the two words that I’ve signed off with since I began journaling/blogging from my journey. Check this out….

1 ‘Come, let us return to the Lord.

He has torn us to pieces

    but he will heal us;

he has injured us

    but he will bind up our wounds.

2 After two days he will revive us;

    on the third day he will restore us,

    that we may live in his presence.

3 Let us acknowledge the Lord;

    let us press on to acknowledge him.

As surely as the sun rises,

    he will appear;

he will come to us like the winter rains,

    like the spring rains that water the earth.’ (Hosea 6:1-3 NIV)

I have deserved punishment from the Lord, but received Grace. I know what it’s like to make painful mistakes and then see Him restore me. I need restoration very often because I have scars and blunders need to be addressed by His Mercy and His Grace. He is right there on time every time. I want to acknowledge Him every day of my life. I want to PRESS ON in my pursuit of His heart. He is faithful in His pursuit of me even when I’m not faithful in pursuit of Him. I don’t have any intentions of quitting this pursuit of Him. I want to know Him more and more. The Apostle Paul said it well in his letter to the Philippian church. Check this out….

13 Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: forgetting what is behind and straining towards what is ahead, 14 I press on towards the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenwards in Christ Jesus. (Philippians 3:13-14 NIV)

Pressing On!

Dwayne