I will seek Him

I will seek Him

Scripture: I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not Song of Songs 3:2

Observation: This Scripture gives us a picture of the bride looking for her betrothed, in the streets, in the broadways, earnestly seeking the one her soul loves. It is in this earnestness, this deep desire that we too would learn to seek God, like David, who was called a man after God’s own heart.

Again, we learn much from looking at the Psalms. “My soul yearns even faints for the courts of the Lord. My flesh and my heart cry out for the living God” David cries out in Psalm 84:2. In another place, we read “The Lord looks down from Heaven upon the sons of man, to see if there are any who understand, any who seek Him” This is the type of relationship that God wants us to have with Him. Always seeking Him, always looking for His presence.

David cried “Oh God, you are my God. Earnestly I seek you. My body longs for you, my soul thirsts for you in a dry and weary land, where there is no water” and “As the deer pants for the water, so my soul longs for you.” It is this deep longing for God that set David apart from anyone throughout history. He was indeed God’s most beloved king, the shepherd boy who really, really loved God.

God has promised us “If you seek Me with all your heart, I will be found of you”. As we grow to know God and love Him more and more, we will find greater and greater treasure in the time that we spend with Him.

But how do we start to seek the Lord? Jesus woke up early to go to the mountainside to pray. This time alone with God was precious to Him. It will take some effort, some sacrifice at first to really go to a place to be still and seek God, but there is great reward for those who will go there.

As Pastor Rick Warren said, our first purpose is to bring pleasure to God, to fellowship with Him.

Application: Resolve in your heart to seek God really earnestly. Ask the Holy Spirit to show you a place where you may seek Him and commune with Him and enjoy His presence.

Prayer: Lord, You are so precious to Me. Help me, like David, really learn to seek You and be found of You. Draw me closer, and let me know You like never before. In Jesus name, Amen.