Getting That Which We Seek

There has been something that has been on my mind for a few weeks but this morning my mind has been consumed with the reminder that we WILL find that which we seek. 

Deuteronomy 4:29

29.   But if from thence thou shalt seek the Lord thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.

Proverbs 8:17

17.   I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.

Jeremiah 29:13

13.   And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.

Matthew 7:7-8

7.       Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

8.       For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

In the above scriptures there is no question that when you seek, you will find.  When we seek God’s face, that is what we will find.  If we seek joy in the Holy Ghost, that is what we will find.  If we seek self-indulgence, that is what we will find.  If we seek sin, that is what we will find.  When we seek good in people, we can find it.  We find exactly that which we seek after. 

It is amazing how people seem to get so surprised at what life brings them when it is merely what they have sought.  The thing about getting what we seek is that we also get the baggage that goes along with it.  We seek to have a child and God blesses us with a child, we also must accept the responsibilities and expenses of the said child.  We seek God’s will for our life, we must be willing to accept that his will is not always pleasant or what we would choose.  We seek to live a life pleasing to Christ, we must also accept that it will require laying aside our fleshly desires.  When we seek a life that is in God’s permissive will, we must realize that we are forfeiting God’s perfect will.  We will indeed get what we seek after… what are you seeking?  Are you seeking companionship?  Are you seeking promotion and esteem?  Are you seeking God’s perfect will?  Perhaps you are seeking a life of comfort?  I don’t know what you are seeking but I do know that God is calling us to seek his face.  Psalms 27:8 says “When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, Lord will I seek.”  When we put our focus on seeking God and his will for our lives everything else will fall into place as it should.  Perhaps you are saying, “but what is wrong with seeking… a child, a companion, material goods, promotion, etc.”  There isn’t anything wrong with seeking those things but the Bible says, “Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness;  and all these things shall be added unto you.” Matthew 6:33  When you seek God and his will first and foremost, everything else your heart desires to seek will be given unto you.  So seek the Lord and lay aside all that hinders you from doing it with your whole heart.