1 Samuel 2:35 (NKJV)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThen I will raise up for Myself a faithful priest who shall do according to what is in My heart and in My mind. I will build him a sure house, and he shall walk before My anointed forever.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n God expects us to live for Him. God expects us to live to execute what is in His heart and mind. God has a will and a purpose. There are specific things that God wants for His creation and there are specific ways He wants things done. God is not random. God is intelligent, determined and focused in what He wants to do. But God has chosen to work through Man. God has chosen to \u201climit Himself\u201d through the activities of His chosen ones. That is why He hurts and suffers pain when we do not conform to His will and His ways. He has too much at stake and He cannot change His pattern now. We are His hands and feet on the earth. We are His instruments on earth. God expects us to live by and live for His heart\u2019s desires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And to such as walk accordingly, God promises immeasurable blessings in this life and in eternity. God says, \u201cI will establish his family.\u201d \u2013NLT. God wants people who will \u201cserve His interests\u201d and live for His interests alone. The faithful priest is that Saint who does not have a purpose that contradicts the purpose of God. God might overlook what others do, but God cannot overlook what His chosen priests do. He is bound to them in intimate covenant. They are supposed to be connected to Him in deeply intricate ways. Our hearts are supposed to beat with His heart. Our minds are supposed to be in unbroken fellowship with His mind. He wants us to think what He is thinking. He wants us to feel what He is feeling. At every moment. That is God\u2019s desire. The only way His purpose will become a reality on earth is if we don\u2019t violate this pattern. Can we be His voice, His heart and His mind on earth?<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cLord, there is no greater privilege than to feel Your heart, think Your thoughts and execute Your will. I know You will bless me for this, but I don\u2019t do it for the blessings. I do it for the honor of thinking and feeling with You. And by Your grace, I pray I will not fail You. In Jesus name. Amen.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 1 Samuel 2:35 (NKJV) \u201cThen I will raise up for Myself a faithful priest who shall do according to what is in My heart and in My mind. I will build him a sure house, and he shall walk before My anointed forever.\u201d God expects us to live for Him. God expects us to live […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7372,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-reflections-from-1st-samuel"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/1-Samuel-Cover.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3395"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3395\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3396,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3395\/revisions\/3396"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}