Acts.17.26 – And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;
Acts.17.27 – That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:
*Seeking the Kingdom of God 2*
The natural world we live in on earth has a certain order ie there are things in this world that you have to appreciate if you are to rule in it forexample money, we have grown up knowing that if your poor no one will honor or listen to you in this world no matter which wisdom you have it’s part of the stages you can’t avoid if your to regard yourself successful.
There are societies where unless you are married, you can’t qualify to stand in certain spaces, and many other things;
Scripture reffers to it as the system of the world, *So when the scripture says do not conform* it means one shouldn’t adapt, fashion him/herself according to, pattern one’s self after the system and ideas of this world.
There are things in scripture that a reffered to as powers and Everytime you resist them, you set yourself against God’s divine order hence conforming to this world’s corrupted system.
Our theme scripture opens us to a heart felt principle of seeking and feeling after God, it’s beautiful when a man makes up his mind to completely live by God and for God. That will affect the direction of the things you feel after, we are living in times when God yearns for the complete establishment of his will on earth and he is seeking for believers with this very mind and burden.
Scripture says; Ps.11.3 – If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?
You see God wants to affect the societies we are in, the political systems, the economies of these nations, men must get born again and he is seeking for a vessel. So when we are feeling after him in prayer, it has to go past what you need to eat for lunch, what to put on tomorrow. We seek him for nations because we are born to be great.
*Hallelujah*
*Further study* Romans 13:2, Psalms 11:3, Romans 12:2
*Nugget* it’s beautiful when a man makes up his mind to completely live by God and for God. That will affect the direction of the things you feel after.
*Prayer* loving Father I thank you because I belong to such times of human history, you are defining alot in my generation, I choose to spend and be spent for the Gospel.. I refuse to be satisfied by the systems of the world, Amen.
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