Jeremiah 3:10

"And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah has not turned to Me with her whole heart, but in pretense," says the Lord.

Pretense... I wish I knew exactly what that word meant, but I'm on this dumb computer at school and it won't let me open up another tab to go to wikipedia. Here's my definition. Pretense - from the Latin root word pretend, meaning insincere, fake, mockingly. I don't want to be insincere with God. I see it all around and it makes me incredibly sad, not just for the person doing it, but for all of Christianity. Eventually, everyone sees through pretense. It's not something you can keep up for long. God sees through it from the start.

Lord, help me to seek you with my whole heart. Examine me and remove any pretense from my life.

- Blu

Psalm 27

As I was sitting in church tonight waiting for Facing the Giants to start, I started flipping through the Psalms. I was looking for one that spoke about trusting God. I scanned a few of them and then my eyes fell to Psalm 27. It spoke so much to where I am right now. It's 14 verses, but I'm going to try to memorize it. Something that I know God wants from me is to memorize Scripture. I have like the best memory in the world, but I have never really used it to honor Him, so I want to. It's weird..before church I started memorizing the first verse and then all throughout the movie it just stayed in my head. I guess that's what happens when you really meditate on God's Word. It stays with you. Anyway, I digress. :)

Ok so I was sitting there reading this part (v. 8) "When You said, "Seek My face," my heart said to You, "Your face, Oh Lord, I shall seek." Right then (Blu was playing some background music) the song lyrics said "I close my eyes, and I see Your face..." It was weird. It was like God was telling me that in the midst of everything else that is going on in my life, He wants me to seek His face. No, actually not in the MIDST of everything else. BEFORE everything else. That's ALL He wants me to do, is seek His face.

As for the Samuel situation, the last verse really spoke to me "Wait for the Lord. Be strong and let your heart take courage; Yes, wait for the Lord."

God, please help me to seek Your face every second of the day. Help me to be able to wait for You.

~Darbi

Daniel 9

Ok, real quick cuz I don't have a lot of time anymore. But I did want everyone to know that I'm still doing my quiet time! I think Daniel 9 contains one of the greatest prayers in the bible. It's honest, passion-filled, and God centered. Daniel has a legitimate request for God (to save them) but the way he looks at the situation is cool. He knows that it's their own fault for messing up, but he asks God to save them for His glory. Verse 18 says, "for we do not present our supplications before You because of our righteous deeds, but because of Your great mercies. O Lord, hear! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, listen and act! Do not delay for your own sake, my God, for Your city and Your people are called by Your name.

What will move God to action? Anything that brings Him glory. Not, "O Lord, help me out cuz I want this." But "Lord, move in this situation so that honor and glory and praise are brought to Your name." Cool.