Seek
We’ve all heard “seek God with all your heart” “seek first God’s kingdom and all these things will be added unto you,” etc… but what does seeking really mean? What does that look like? We did a Bible study on this tonight and these were some of the things we found.
Going with the verse “seek peace and pursue it” we looked up what seek means and what pursue means. Seeking means to attempt to find something, or to desire to obtain or achieve something. Pursue means to continue, to carry further, advance, persist, and follow. It’s kind of like a courtship; when a guy is seeking for someone to marry he looks at all the girls around, then when he finds the one he desires he pursues her. We need to be seeking all we can about God and once we find a little bit of Him we can’t just give up and forget about it. We have to pursue Him, we have to follow up on the relationship, it doesn’t just end, it continues.
Some of the things we have to do is to seek God with “all our heart.” Deuteronomy 4:29, Jeremiah 29:13, Psalm 119:2. We also need to diligently seek Him; Psalm 105:4, Psalm 24:6, Zephaniah 2:3, 1 Chronicles 16:11, Proverbs 18:17, Proverbs 2:4. We also looked up some of the benefits of seeking after God, His face and His righteousness. Psalm 119:2, Psalm 119:45, Proverbs 28:5, and Psalm 9:10.
It was so amazing to look up all the places it talked about seeking God, His face, righteousness, humility, peace and what not to seek for, all the benefits that come with seeking God, and how we need to get up early to seek Him (and we didn’t even get to them all!). I was greatly encouraged by this Bible study and I hope you will take the time to look up these verses to start your own search. This was just a little bit about what we talked about and I just wanted to share it with each of you.
God is looking for those who seek Him! Psalm 14:2 – “The Lord has looked down from heaven upon the sons of men, to see if there are any who understand, who seek after God.” Go after God, and you will find Him! Don’t wait until you’re dead and in heaven, start now! You will surely be blessed by it and your life will show the fruits of your labor.
May God bless you as you continue to seek Him!
Camille