When We Should Seek Him: One Year Bible Reading for June 3

 Today we read these verses in the One Year Bible:

2 Samuel 20:14-21:22
Acts 1:1-26
Psalm 121:1-8
Proverbs 16:18

Let's look at 2 Samuel. First we have an interesting story where a woman saves a town by giving the invading army the head of the one man they've come to kill. They weren't playing around in the Old Testament.

And then we come to this story of David seeking God's face because there's been a famine for three years. David is JUST NOW seeking God's face because his people have been suffering for three years! That reminds me of what happened when Moses was talking to Pharaoh and asked him when he wanted the frogs to be removed from his land. What was his answer? "Tomorrow." Why not today?? Why not RIGHT NOW?

That also reminds me of the story of St Augustine, who asked God to make him holy - but not just yet. He wanted to still play around and "have fun" first. 

Let's learn from their bad examples. Let's do this the easy way, not the hard way. Let's repent NOW, and allow Him to make us holy NOW, and remove our frogs (our sins) NOW. That way, we can be healthy and grow and become the person He created us to be sooner, rather than later. Let's not waste our time in silly and stupid selfishness, but let's learn to become the amazing saints He created us to be.

God, help us to seek You NOW.