A Seeking Heart
And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to
seek the Lord.
2 Chron
12:14 (KJV)
Blessed is the man that
walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners,
nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate
day and night. And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that
bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and
whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
The ungodly are not so:
but are like the chaff which
the wind driveth away. Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment,
nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous:
but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
Psalms 1:1-6 (KJV)
Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat?
or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? (For after
all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that
ye have need of all these things. But
seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these
things shall be added unto you.
Matt
6:31-33 (KJV), emphasis added
David was a
man after God’s own heart. Enoch walked with God. Samuel served the Lord all
His days. Noah was the only righteous man in His generation. Jude wrote a
different epistle than he intended to because of the Lord’s guidance. These are
but a few of the many examples that we have in the Scriptures of individuals
and nations whose lives and course where undeniably transformed as a result of
seeking the Lord.
Study
Daniel, Nehemiah, and Joseph (of the Old Testament). Then study Paul and
Timothy (in Acts). Minister, will you seek the Lord? It is of utmost importance
that you do. Unless you seek the Lord first, you are sinning for you are
trusting in your flesh or some other idol.
seek ye
first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness . . . .
Matt 6:33
(KJV)
