If you Seek Him, You will Find Him

Did you ever play "Hide and Seek" as a child? I wasn't very good at that game because I gave up too quickly. I would look in the obvious places and then decide to just stand and wait for my friend to come out of hiding. Of course, no one wanted to play the game with me because I didn't do what the game said to do ... SEEK.

Seek is defined as an attempt to find something. If you are playing Hide and Seek, then, as the "seeker", it would be your job to truly attempt to find the "hider".

Proverbs 3:6
Seek his will in all you do,
and he will show you which path to take.

As we continue to look at our focus passage in Proverbs 3 we come to the next step in learning to trust in the Lord with all our heart and that is to continuously seek Him - get to know Him better - learn His Word - understand His love for us...
When we do this we will encounter a path that leads to to His will for us.

So, what does it mean to seek? Let the scriptures tell us...

Psalm 105:4
Look to the LORD and his strength; seek his face always.

Isaiah 55:6
Seek the LORD while he may be found; call on him while he is near.

Deuteronomy 4:29
But if from there you seek the LORD your God, you will find him if you look for him with all your heart and with all your soul.

Lamentations 3:25
The LORD is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him;

Matthew 6:33 Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need.

We are not to be passive in our search for the Lord. We are not to stand and wait as I used to do when I played the game of Hide and Seek. We are to be active in our search for the Lord and His will for us. We are to work at it and be passionate about it.

It means that we devour His Word.

It means that we fall on our faces before Him and give Him praise and adoration.

It means that we pray without ceasing - allowing Him to adjust our every move because we are in constant communication with Him.

If we seek Him, we will find Him, if.... we seek Him with ALL OF OUR HEARTS!

As we learn to Trust in the Lord with all our hearts, it will be easier because we seek Him - discovering the beauty of seeing that path that leads to His will for us. This is not a one-time event. It happens constantly throughout our day.

Will you seek Him with all your heart?