Colossians 2:7 NLT Let your roots grow down into him, 2 Peter 1:3 By his divine power,

Let your roots grow down into him, and let your lives be built on him. Then your faith will grow strong in the truth you were taught, and you will overflow with thankfulness.

Colossians 2:7 NLT

 

By his divine power, God has given us everything we need for living a godly life. We have received all of this by coming to know him, the one who called us to himself by means of his marvelous glory and excellence.  – 2 Peter 1:3

Psalm 79:13 So we, Your people and sheep

So we, Your people and sheep of Your pasture,Will give You thanks forever;We will show forth Your praise to all generations
- Psalm 79:13

1 Peter 3:10 For the Scriptures say, "If you want to enjoy life 1 Peter 2:9 But you are not like that,

For the Scriptures say, "If you want to enjoy life and see many happy days, keep your tongue from speaking evil and your lips from telling lies."  – 1 Peter 3:10

But you are not like that, for you are a chosen people. You are royal priests, a holy nation, God's very own possession. As a result, you can show others the goodness of God, for he called you out of the darkness into his wonderful light.  – 1 Peter 2:9

Psalm 18:2 "The Lord is my Rock

Psalm 18:2 (AMP) "The Lord is my Rock, my Fortress, and my Deliverer; my God, my keen and firm Strength in Whom I will trust and take refuge, my Shield, and the Horn of my salvation, my High Tower."

James 3:10 And so blessing

And so blessing and cursing come pouring out of the same mouth. Surely, my brothers and sisters, this is not right!  – James 3:10

Jeremiah 8:7 "Even the stork in the sky knows her seasons; James 2:17 So you see, faith by itself isn't enough.

Jeremiah 8:7  "Even the stork in the sky knows her seasons; and the turtledove and the swift and the thrush observe the time of their migration; but My people do not know the ordinance of the LORD." 

So you see, faith by itself isn't enough. Unless it produces good deeds, it is dead and useless.  – James 2:17 

Ezekiel 13:3 "This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Job 23:3 "O that I knew where I might find Him!"

"This is what the Sovereign LORD says: What sorrow awaits the false prophets who are following their own imaginations and have seen nothing at all!"  – Ezekiel 13:3 

Spurgeon's Daily Devotional

"O that I knew where I might find Him!"
Job 23:3

In Job's uttermost extremity he cried after the Lord. The longing desire of an afflicted child of God is once more to see his Father's face. His first prayer is not "O that I might be healed of the disease which now festers in every part of my body!" nor even "O that I might see my children restored from the jaws of the grave, and my property once more brought from the hand of the spoiler!" but the first and uppermost cry is, "O that I knew where I might find HIM, who is my God! that I might come even to His seat!" God's children run home when the storm comes on. It is the heaven-born instinct of a gracious soul to seek shelter from all ills beneath the wings of Jehovah. "He that hath made his refuge God," might serve as the title of a true believer. A hypocrite, when afflicted by God, resents the infliction, and, like a slave, would run from the Master who has scourged him; but not so the true heir of heaven, he kisses the hand which smote him, and seeks shelter from the rod in the bosom of the God who frowned upon him. Job's desire to commune with God was intensified by the failure of all other sources of consolation. The patriarch turned away from his sorry friends, and looked up to the celestial throne, just as a traveller turns from his empty skin bottle, and betakes himself with all speed to the well. He bids farewell to earth-born hopes, and cries, "O that I knew where I might find my God!" Nothing teaches us so much the preciousness of the Creator, as when we learn the emptiness of all besides. Turning away with bitter scorn from earth's hives, where we find no honey, but many sharp stings, we rejoice in Him whose faithful word is sweeter than honey or the honeycomb. In every trouble we should first seek to realize God's presence with us. Only let us enjoy His smile, and we can bear our daily cross with a willing heart for His dear sake.