2 Chronicles 7:14 …if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land. We begin a new month with a theme of humility. Our first verse comes from 2 Chronicles and is a promise of God who appeared to King Solomon in a dream after the dedication to the Temple had concluded. In this dream we see the promise God makes above. He was addressing the people of Israel, but there is much we can draw from it and apply to our own lives. If His people would humble themselves and seek Him… He wants us to seek Him, to call out to Him, to put our trust in Him, and to cast our burdens at His feet. But to do that, His people (the Israelites and now us) must seek His face. But they couldn’t just seek Him and pray. He wants repentance. He wants to see change, a complete reversal from the sinful ways we walk into those of His grace and mercy. He gave specific instructions - seek Him, pray, repent (turn from their wicked ways). That same formula is how we learn to walk in righteousness. We seek Him, we pray and ask forgiveness, then we do a complete about face and change our wicked ways. Doing all of this is our part. His part is to hear us. And we know that He always hears us, hearing every prayer we speak and those we don’t speak. He hears them all and has a plan for our lives. We have this promise He made to King Solomon that He hears from heaven when we seek His face. And He forgives sins and heals. For the Israelites it was healing their lands from drought and plague. But for us it could be more - healing of the body, mind, relationships, whatever you need Him to intervene in. Pause today (and every day throughout the month) and seek His face. Seek Him and pray. Turn from the sins in your life and let His healing wash over you and bless your life. #TEENS4JESUS #devotion #dailydevotional #christianteens #DailyBibleVerse