Start with God
 

by Larry Rouse
 

Have you come to see that your life is empty and without purpose? Do you want to find a path that is full of meaning and real success? Start with God.

Perhaps you are a Christian that is dealing with personal doubts or are being challenged to test your beliefs and even your very heart to see if your faith is genuine. Start with God.

What does “start with God” really mean? There are many who speak for God and about God that do not know Him. Do not let a man take that earnest desire to seek God’s way and deceptively turn you to the ways and thoughts of men. Why not let God tell us about His nature and what His ways are like by reading His own words?

The God who Made All Things

When God gives descriptions of Himself we would do well to listen carefully. Hear His words through Isaiah:

“Have you not known? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the LORD, The Creator of the ends of the earth, Neither faints nor is weary. His understanding is unsearchable.  He gives power to the weak, And to those who have no might He increases strength.  Even the youths shall faint and be weary, And the young men shall utterly fall,  But those who wait on the LORD Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint.” (Isaiah 40:28-31) 

Do not accept anything less than the one true God. When you find Him you have found the One who:

1. Is everlasting

2. Who created all things

3. Who never tires or grows weary (All Powerful)

4. Who has infinite wisdom

5. Who wishes to bless and provide for those who seek Him (Wait on the Lord).

The failure to know God is the source of all moral and doctrinal departures. Those who doubt God’s ability to create the universe in seven days, or to produce a perfect message that transcends all cultures or to have the ability and wisdom to bring about a unified people have simply not come to know God. When we come to know God we in turn realize our own insignificance, especially in our knowledge and power and thus our response is simply to wish to hear and believe whatever God reveals. As Eli told Samuel: “Speak Lord, for your servant hears.” (1 Samuel 3:9)

In addition to daily recognizing and praising God for who He is, we need to daily recognize what God has done and is doing in our lives. The one who keeps the one true God in his mind will be filled with thanksgiving and praise. Our very identity will be shown by our praise to our God!

“O Lord, open my lips, And my mouth shall show forth Your praise.” – (Psalm 51:15)

“So we, Your people and sheep of Your pasture, Will give You thanks forever; We will show forth Your praise to all generations.” – (Psalm 79:13)

When we thus “start with God” in making a turn in our lives and then in starting every day, our perspective will change on all things!

 

 

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