He Is A Rewarder Of Them That Diligently Seek Him

Before you begin your first prayer, you must believe that God is, and
that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him. “Ask in faith,
nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven
with the wind and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall
receive any thing of the Lord,” James 1:6-7.
Hebrews 11:6 - “But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he
that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of
them that diligently seek him.”
Verse Thoughts
So much within the New Testament epistles is mistakenly thought to be
addressed to the unbeliever, when it is written to Christians. Hebrews is
an example of Scripture that gives maturing believers guidance on how
to live by faith - how to live a life that is pleasing to the Lord. While the
first, obvious step in pleasing God is to get saved by believing in the
redeeming work of Christ, it is the ongoing, living faith of a believer that
pleases God, in the day by day exercise of life.

Only a believer can please God. We please God when we are justified
(initial salvation), but we also please God through a sanctified life
(ongoing salvation). It is ONLY through Christ's imputed righteousness
can we please God, "for without faith it is impossible to please Him."
But once we are saved we are to please Him by living by faith. Once we
have believed in Him we are to, "believe that He is a rewarder of those
who seek Him." Having been saved through justifying faith, believers
are to continue to trust Him, by believing His Word, living by faith, and
diligently seeking His face day by day.
Once we have believed in God's saving grace through faith in Christ, we
are also to believe that, "He rewards those that seek Him," as stated in
Scripture. There is rejoicing in heaven when a sinner believes, but we
truly please Him when we LIVE by faith. We please Him when we are
not being influenced by life's problematic circumstances. If we desire to
please our Heavenly Father, we are to LIVE by faith and not by sight.

Too often, those who started their Christian life by faith, stop relying on
the truth of Scripture. They take their eyes off Jesus and start to doubt
God's Word. They often become careless in seeking the Lord, and some
even leave their first love. There are some who revert to carnality,
indulging in fleshly living. Some try to please God through good deeds
and worldly works. There are others who adopt legalism and perform
works of the law for God's approval.

Christians who try to live in their own strength or rely on their own
good works do not please the Lord, because they are not trusting His
Word - for faith is the evidence of things NOT seen. Faith in God's Word
is what pleases Him. We please Him when we are saved, but we are to
please Him throughout our Christian life, by believing His promises are
true and by believing He rewards those who seek Him - by faith.

Although our union with God can never be broken once we are born
into His family, our fellowship with him can be broken when we leave
the life of trusting God and dependence on His Word and start to rely
on our own strength. God knows that without Christ's leading and
guiding, we will eventually fail for He said, "without Me ye can do
nothing." But all too often we try every conceivable avenue before
we eventually have to admit our inability and seek His help.
Too often we forget that those who diligently seek Him, are rewarded
with His sufficient grace to face life's problems. Those who diligently
seek Him, produce the beautiful fruit of the Spirit, so that they grow in
grace and mature in the faith, which pleases our Heavenly Father.
When we rest in His sufficient strength, we always discover it is all we
need, but how often we forgo the perfect peace He
promises, simply because we trusted in self before our Saviour, or lived
in accordance with what we see rather that what God says.

The more a Christian trusts God's Word, believes all He says, has faith in
His promises, believes He is a rewarder of those who earnestly seek to
know Him, the more they will grow in grace, mature in the faith, walk in
spirit and truth and please Him - for to the one that has much, even
more will be given.

Let us determine to live our Christian lives in a manner that is pleasing

to the Lord, as we earnestly seek Him and trust in His Word. Let us
maintain our faith in God and never doubt the veracity of the Gospel
message, even when His truth is shrouded from our eyes, or when the
reality of His Word does not reflect our life-experience, "for without
faith it is impossible to please Him."

Let us trust in the Lord with all our heart and not lean on our own
understanding, knowing that without saving faith and sanctifying faith,
it is impossible to please Him. But let us never forget that it is God Who
said, I AM everything you need, I AM a Rewarder of those who
diligently seek Me.

Let us remember that Jesus said, "I AM the Way and the Truth and the
Life... I will never leave you nor forsake you... I go to prepare a place for
you... I will return and take you to be with Me, that where I am, you
may be also."

Let us believe all that God has promised with our whole heart, for this is
well-pleasing to the Lord.

My Prayer
Heavenly Father, I realise how quickly and easily I can move from
trusting You to doubting Your Word, when things do not go the way
that I expect. I pray that like the men and women of faith in Hebrews,
my trust in You will not falter. Help me to earnestly seek You day by
day, for I know that only as Christ lives in and through me, by faith, can
I be pleasing in Your sight. In Jesus’ name, AMEN.

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Hebrews 11:6- And without faith it is impossible to please God, for he who
comes to God must believe that He exists and that He is a rewarder of those
who diligently seek Him.

Faith=Pistis in the Greek. Persuade, to be persuaded, come to trust. A gift

from God and never something that can be produced by people.

"Faith" for the believer is "God's divine persuasion" and therefore distinct

from human belief (confidence), yet involving it. The Lord continuously
births faith in the yielded believer so they can know what He prefers, i.e.
the persuasion of His will.

Trying to figure out how to please God? Figure no more for scripture
declares that a life of faith ALONE  pleases God. Without faith, we can not
please God. Bottom line!

Recognizing God's existence is the first step to knowing Him personally.

Then we must seek Him and believe that He  is who He says He is. He is the
Sovereign God of the universe.

Faith and doubt cannot cohabit.

Even though it appears at time that God's timing is off, we can not allow
satan to make us doubt what God says concerning us nor our situation or
circumstances.

Sometimes God's timing can tempt us to want to doubt, but faith is not
doubt, but believing that the end results of God's promises have already
been accomplished based on the Word of God, even though we have yet to
see it.

The reality of God in heaven and our eternity with Him is of a surety. It is
by faith that we believe this, regardless of what we see, hear or believe that
is contrary to God's Word.

Don't let times of doubt discourage you. Keep trusting and obeying the
Lord Jesus and His Word. As we do, our confidence in Him and His Word
will grow.
Our faith in God must be unwavering. Either we believe or we don't. There
is no middle ground. Without "faith" we find hopelessness and despair.
Without faith we can not please God.

Believe it or not, but God is still in control of all the affairs of the world. He
is the Sovereign God. Psalm 103:19-The Lord has established His throne in
the heavens, and His kingdom rules over all.

Is God Sovereign over satan and all his schemes? NO DOUBT ABOUT IT!
God has predestined the devils end in the lake of fire.

The call to everyone on today is to trust God by "FAITH." Take Him at

His Word for He is faithful and just. He will do just what He says He will
do.

If pleasing God is your desire, then you must obey Him.

Faith is assurance that can only be found in God. If you are saved and have
placed your faith and trust in God alone, you have an assurance of eternity
with God.

Where is your faith on today? In whom or what have you placed your
trust? In whom do you believe?

Without faith in God, without believing in Him, without believing that He

exist and that He rewards those who seek Him, it is impossible to please
Him.

Romans 1:17-This Good News tells us how God makes us right in his sight.
This is accomplished from start to finish by faith. As the Scriptures say, "It
is through faith that a righteous person has life."

Trust Christ for salvation on today by faith if you are not saved. Mark
9:23-'If you can'?" said Jesus. "Everything is possible for one who
believes."

Trust God by faith on today for the saving of your soul!

Romans 10:8b-15-The word is near you, in your mouth and in your

heart.”[d] This is the word of faith that we preach: 9 that if you confess
with your mouth Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God has
raised Him from the dead, you will be saved, 10 for with the heart one
believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto
salvation. 11 For the Scripture says, “Whoever believes in Him will not be
ashamed.”[e] 12 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the
same Lord over all is generous toward all who call upon Him. 13 For,
“Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.”[f]

14 How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And
how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall
they hear without a preacher? 15 And how shall they preach unless they
are sent?

Ephesians 2:8-9 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is
not of yourselves. It is the gift of God, 9 not of works, so that no one should
boast.

God Himself has established in His Word, one way to please Him and that
is by "FAITH" alone for without it none of us can please Him.

Faith starts with Christ and God's atoning work at Calvary on the cross is
where it all begins for a believer.

John 14:6-Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one
comes to the Father except through Me.

There is no other way to connect with God. Faith in Him is it!

Is your faith being daily activated in Christ Jesus?

Remember, there is only one way to please God and that is by faith in
Christ alone. It is in and through Him that we are saved and have eternal
life with God the Father.

No faith? No hope! No faith? No salvation!

WITHOUT FAITH IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO PLEASE GOD!