yearning to serve God

To give prudence to the simple,
To the young man knowledge and discretion—

A wise man will hear and increase learning,
And a man of understanding will attain wise counsel,

To understand a proverb and an enigma,
The words of the wise and their riddles

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge,
But fools despise wisdom and instruction. (Proverbs 1:4-7)

To hear from God and learn from God one must be with God! We cannot become more like Him as days go by if we spend less and less time with Him.  Spending time in His Word, doing things He would have us to do, worshipping as He would have us to worship, sacrificing for others, learning from others . . .

We need to busy with the things of God, not the things of this world! What is keeping us from God and being more like Him?

Here is a challenge:

Make a list of what we do all week, from the time we awake until the time we go off to sleep. 

Now go through the list and examine all the things we did and decide what helped us grow in our faith and what made us grow in our character to be more like God.