What would you say to someone who was looking for something important? Say you came to my house to find me sitting in a chair saying, “I can’t find my keys anywhere,” butI wasn’t really looking. Chances are you’d think something along the lines of “If you get out of the chair and look under pillows, in between the couch cushions, in the pocket of those jeans in the laundry basket (we’ve all done it, right?), you’ll have a better chance of finding them.”
If we are going to find something, there are three things we must do: 1) ask questions about where it might be; 2) actively seek it; and, 3) being willing to go where necessary to find it. Jesus talks to us about this during the Sermon on the Mount:
Ask, and it will be given to you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. (Matthew 7:7-8)
Seeking God requires action. It requires spending time in His Word to learn more about His plan for our lives. It requires spending time talking to Him in prayer, learning to cast our cares upon Him and seek strength through Him. It requires finding others who can help to guide us on our journey.
It doesn’t happen if we think about it. It doesn’t happen if we just talk about it. It happens when we do it. And when we do it – God rewards us. In the verses following the passage above, we read:
Who among you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask Him. (Matthew 7:9-11)
I hope you’ll be able to spend some time seeking God today. Whether you are learning about Him for the first time or you are learning more about Him, may your search bring you encouragement and peace.
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