Seeking God

Matthew 6:31-33 (ESV)

Therefore do not be anxious, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' [32] For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. [33] But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

We are to seek God, not just blessings from Him. It’s more important to know Him intimately than to receive good things from Him. God promises to meet our needs, not our greeds.

Matthew 12:39 (ESV)

But he answered them, "An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.

We are not to seek after signs and wonders, but we are to seek the Lord Himself and a relationship with Him.

Psalm 34:4-10 (ESV)

I sought the Lord, and he answered me

and delivered me from all my fears.

[5] Those who look to him are radiant,

and their faces shall never be ashamed.

[6] This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him

and saved him out of all his troubles.

[7] The angel of the Lord encamps

around those who fear him, and delivers them.

[8] Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good!

Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him!

[9] Oh, fear the Lord, you his saints,

for those who fear him have no lack!

[10] The young lions suffer want and hunger;

but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.

As we seek the Lord, some things will begin to happen:

1. The Lord will answer us and deliver us from our fears.

2. We will become radiant and unashamed.

3. The Lord will save us out of our troubles.

4. We will have everything we need.

1 Chron. 22:19 (ESV) Now set your mind and heart to seek the Lord your God. Arise and build the sanctuary of the Lord God, so that the ark of the covenant of the Lord and the holy vessels of God may be brought into a house built for the name of the Lord."

We have to purposefully set our hearts and minds to seek God.

Proverbs 28:5 (ESV)

Evil men do not understand justice,

but those who seek the Lord understand it completely.

As we seek the Lord, we receive greater understanding of right and wrong.

Psalm 63:1 (ESV)

A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.

O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you;

my soul thirsts for you;

my flesh faints for you,

as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.

We need to have a greater thirst and longing for the Lord.