Choose to intentionally chase after truth

Running after God is a choice and that daily choice begins with who rules your life, who controls your desires and who dominates your decisions.

We must choose to let God rule our life (Galatians 5:16–25). It is a choice to say “no” to self and “yes” to submitting to God (Matthew 16:24). If I rule my life, then God doesn’t. It’s just that simple.

One author warns; “We will never give proper attention and praise to the Lord if we can’t get our eyes off of ourselves and our selfish desires… there is no end to the ways our self-interest can steal our focus away from God and inhibit our usefulness in the work of His kingdom.”

It’s only when we intentionally yield our will daily to our Lord that we can say with Paul, “For the love of Christ controls us.” (2 Corinthians 5:14