1 Chronicles 16:11 In the moment, excitement was in the air. The Ark of the covenant had come to Jerusalem. King David addresses the Levites, the priests of Israel, the men who mediated between the people and God. David tells them to seek the Lord and His strength, to yearn for and seek His face… to yearn to be in His presence continually. On this side of the cross, our Mediator is Jesus Christ, we‘re the royal priesthood David’s speaking to… our instructions, couldn’t be clearer, the echoes from the Old Testament reverberate through our hearts. We read the words, ‘seek His face… seek His Strength… yearn to be in His presence…’ then do we keep reading? Or do we slow down… stop and meditate on these words, remembering all He’s done, all He’s doing, all He’s promised to do? Do we consider His marvelous deeds, His miracles and His judgements? How deep do we let ourselves go? Do we just scratch the surface and think it’s… enough? Or do we completely surrender ourselves to our Creator saying ‘I seek Your face… I want to hear You! I want to live in Your presence… always!’ And then… listen… being still… because as Elijah found out after his toughest battle with the enemy, God wasn’t in the wind, He wasn’t in the earthquake… He wasn’t in the fire, it was in the gentle stillness he heard God’s voice. Jesus often went off by Himself to seek God and His strength, He yearned for the presence of the Father, just like we want to… like we need to. How desperate are we to be in His presence? Do we seek Him and His strength out of our hunger and thirst knowing He’s the only One Who satisfies? Do we want… more of Him and less of us? Lord, revive us, refresh us, move us… fill us… if we’re not seeking You … show us. Help us to see how we’ve fallen into complacency and may we burn bright as we did before… for Your Glory!