Jesus Calling - Daily Devotional - July 20th

From the devotional "Jesus Calling: Enjoying Peace in His Presence", by Sarah Young - for July 20th

Devotional Text:

Seek My Face, and you will find all that you have longed for. The deepest yearnings of your heart are for intimacy with Me. I know, because I designed you to desire Me. Do not feel guilty about taking taking time to be still in My Presence. You are simply responding to the tugs of divinity within you. I made you in My image, and I hid heaven in your heart. Your yearning for Me is a form of homesickness: longing for your true home in heaven.

Do not be afraid to be different from other people. The path I have called you to travel is exquisitely right for you. The more closely you follow My leading, the more fully I can develop your gifts. To follow Me wholeheartedly, you must relinquish your desire to please other people. However your closeness to Me will bless others by enabling you to shine brightly in this dark world.

Included Scriptures:

Psalm 42:1-2
English Standard Version

1 As a deer pants for flowing streams,
so pants my soul for you, O God.
2 My soul thirsts for God,
for the living God.
When shall I come and appear before God?

Psalm 34:5
English Standard Version

Those who look to him are radiant,
and their faces shall never be ashamed.

Philippians 2:15
English Standard Version

that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world.

God bless you!

Note: The devotion and scriptures are from author Sarah Young. You may purchase the Devotional at the author's official website:
https://www.jesuscalling.com/books/jesus-calling/

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