God calls me.

He wants me to seek after Him.

He yearns for me to seek first His kingdom and His righteousness.

What will it take for me to answer Him, to seek Him?

This?

“Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O LORD” (Psalm 83:16).

Too often it takes shame or loss or desperation to turn me away from seeking after other things.

If I seek Him with my whole heart, I will find Him.

So let me seek Him diligently, often, and early.

Even when things are going well.

Especially when things are going well.

And when they’re not.

All the time and anytime, in other words.

“Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy” (Psalm 82:3).

Someone needs to stand with God in favor of the weak and disadvantaged.

Someone needs to stand with God Who stands with those who have no other to be a father to them.

Someone needs to stand with God to stand up for those who are targeted by the injustice and unkindness of others.

Maybe if I’m that someone, others may mock or misunderstand me.

Well, some certainly mocked Jesus.

May God move my heart to make me a just defender of those whom He would defend.