Seeking God Himself

"My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.

When shall I come and appear before God?"

Psalm 42:2

When was the last time you prayed asking God simply for Him? 

When did you last ask God simply for His presence? 

It's easy to forget prayer time altogether. It's easy to get busy with life and distracted by worries and cares around us, and forget entirely to pray. Because of this we often hear sermons pushing us to pray, to bring our worries before God. This is of course an important thing to do and a very Biblical thing to do:

"Therefore humble yourself under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time, casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you."

1 Peter 5:6-7

However, often this is where we stop. Recently I have been pushing myself to increase my own personal prayer time. With a family, job, and school it is sometimes easy to forget to focus time in prayer but I have been setting aside time in the mornings lately to do just that. 

Even so, I realized this morning that it had been a long time since I sought God Himself. 

I have asked daily for His advice and His direction. I have thanked Him for His blessings in my life and brought my frustrations and cares before Him, but I never simply asked Him for His presence. In pursuing the gifts I had forgotten the Giver. 

I challenge you this morning, or whenever you happen to be reading this, to set aside all your other cares and desires and simply ask Him to meet you, ask Him for His presence, to reveal Himself.