{"id":195,"date":"2011-12-19T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-19T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/69.195.124.95\/~redletu4\/if-we-will-take-the-trip-hell-light-the-sky\/"},"modified":"2011-12-19T06:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-12-19T13:00:00","slug":"if-we-will-take-the-trip-hell-light-the-sky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davidrupert\/if-we-will-take-the-trip-hell-light-the-sky\/","title":{"rendered":"If we will take the trip, he’ll light the sky"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>
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My life isn\u2019t really all that deliberate. In fact, most of my blessings I have just stumbled into.\u00a0I can\u2019t tell you how many times I\u2019ve looked at my good things in my life and wondered,\u00a0\u201chow in the world did I get here?\u201d\u00a0 <\/i><\/span>I\u2019m not educated, nor am I gifted or rich.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I just got a great job promotion that I\u2019m not convinced I totally earned.\u00a0I have relationships \u00a0that have changed my life,\u00a0people that I never sought out. I just found them. Or they found me. And despite my bad self, I still have friends who stuck with me. \u00a0<\/span>
Looking around, I\u2019m so blessed, and\u00a0I didn\u2019t do anything to deserve any of it.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Is it possible to just get \u201clucky\u201d in regards to God? Can I just try to live right and suddenly find myself smack dab in the middle of wonder, without even trying?\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Or do I have to be intentional \u2014 seeking Him out. <\/span><\/p>\n

I wish I had acted more like the wise men, looking for the answer<\/i> rather than just bumbling along. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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They asked for an answer and all they had to do was follow the star.\u00a0It was almost as if God was saying, \u201cYou take the trip, I\u2019ll light the sky.\u201d\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Paul\u00a0describes<\/a>\u00a0humans as \u201cseekers of God, feeling their way toward him\u201d.\u00a0<\/i>A.W. Tozer<\/a> said that \u201cGod is never found accidentally.\u201d\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

What would I see, if only I would start to look?\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>
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\u201cAnd you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart\u201d (Jer. 29:13).<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

What do you think? Do we need to seek Him out? Or does He just show up? <\/strong><\/span><\/em>Comment here.<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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My life isn\u2019t really all that deliberate. In fact, most of my blessings I have just stumbled into.\u00a0I can\u2019t tell you how many times I\u2019ve looked at my good things in my life and wondered,\u00a0\u201chow in the world did I get here?\u201d\u00a0 I\u2019m not educated, nor am I gifted or rich.\u00a0\u00a0 I just got a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2375,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,771,772,944,970],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a-w-tozer","category-seek-and-ye-shall-find","category-seeking-god","category-w-tozer","category-will-of-god"],"yoast_head":"\nIf we will take the trip, he'll light the sky<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"My life isn't really all that deliberate. 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