Seek….

Seek….

This Friday, we were privileged at FGB Chapter Jaya One to have Pastor Benjamin from India share with us.

Speaking from the well known call of Jesus to “Seek ye first the kingdom of God”, Pastor Benjamin explained to us that “seek” in Hebrew means to eagerly hunt after. The picture is given of a hunter eagerly seeking to hunt down and capture his prey.

When we eagerly seek God, when we eagerly seek Jesus, all these things will be added unto us. God knows all that we need, but we are to seek Him first, and the rest will follow. Pastor Benjamin went on to speak of a dog chasing its own tail. No matter how much it tries, it can’t really latch on to it. The principle is “if you run after a thing that should run behind you, you will not be successful”. We are to run after those things that God wants us to run for. The things we need will just follow us.

In the state of Tamil Naidu, Pastor Benjamin spoke of a rich, Christian friend called Mani, who came to the city in simple clothes and a few hundred rupees. Upon arriving, he vowed to God “Make me prosperous and I will make you number 1”, and his path from poverty to riches has been amazing, coming from nothing to becoming a millionaire selling sweets. In the process, Mani has bought a lot of land, and helped a lot of men of God, building churches. Almost every shop in Tamil Naidu has his sweets. He made God his no.1, and God has honored him greatly, and he still wears his simple clothes.

Indeed, if we put God first in everything, He will lift us up higher than we could ever imagine. We need only make Jesus our complete Master and Lord. Whilst we struggle and rack our heads for great ideas and plans, one idea from God is enough to take over the world. 

In Luke 5, we saw Peter, a fisherman and businessman struggle to catch fish the whole night but with no result. Tired out, he saw the Master ask him for his boat, and he humbly allowed the Lord to preach from his boat to the people. After Jesus finished preaching, the Lord asked Peter to put the boat out to deep water and let down his net. Peter, in exasperation, exclaimed that he had worked hard all night but caught nothing. Still, he said he would do it in obedience to the Master, and lo, the catch was so great, it needed two boats to haul it in. Jesus took Peter to the right strategic place and he found unimaginable success. The boat represents our life. The net represents our skill. Let Jesus tell us where to use the net.

Another time, when Jesus went with His disciples to Capernaum, the temple tax collectors came and asked them for their taxes. Jesus told Peter to go and throw a line into the lake and catch a fish. In its mouth would be a 4-drachma coin, enough for both Jesus and Peter. When God is for us, we can draw gold from a beggar. We can indeed find abundance in the most unexpected places. God is not a God just for church on Sunday. We must take Jesus wherever we go, to our homes, to our businesses. He must be Lord of all. Let Him decide for you.