BE SEEKING HIM FIRST

by Tammy Lowe Phillips
August 14, 2023

“And Solomon, my son, learn to know the God of your ancestors intimately. Worship and serve him with your whole heart and a willing mind. For the LORD sees every heart and knows every plan and thought. If you seek him, you will find him. But if you forsake him, he will reject you forever.”   [1Ch 28:9 NLT emphasis]

Just so we are clear. The Hebrew word for “seek” is daras.  It means to resort to, to enquire, to ask, to require; to frequent a place, to tread, to beat a path to, to trample, to go to, to practice, to study, to and follow.  Whatever we need, if we beat a path to God, If we resort to Him, if we go to Him first, we are promised that we WILL FIND HIM.  He sees and He knows every plan. 

Our first inclination when we are challenged is to turn to our spouse, a friend, or a parent.  If we choose to follow the word of God,  we have to practice turning to the Lord first.  Seeking Him is a continuous action. It is why we have to be all about seeking him.  Paul instructs us to:   Pray without ceasing.  Pray continually.  Pray constantly. Never stop praying. (1 Ths. 5:17 KJV, NIV, CSB, NLT)  Since God is our help…

We need to be seeking Him first…
in the little things and in the big things,
about our kings,
about anything’s and everything’s.

We need to be seeking Him first…
when things are lost,
when we are crossed, and
when we are storm tossed.

We need to be seeking Him first…
when we are blue,
when we don’t know what to do,
and when we think we do.

We need to be seeking Him first…
before we write,
before we get uptight,
and before we turn out the light at night.

We need to be seeking Him first…
about building a deck,
about writing a check.
about dealing with tech.

We need to be seeking Him first…
without ceasing,
without decreasing, and
without unbelieving.

We need to be seeking Him first…
in poverty and in wealth,
in sickness and in health,
and life and death.

I enCOURAGE you to seek Him.  “Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you” [Mat 6:33 NKJV].  I keep hearing, “Seek Me. Seek Me. Seek Me.”  We are promised that if we see Him first.  We will find Him.  In Him is every answer, solution, resolution, plan, purpose, strategy,  direction, instruction, and counsel we will ever need.

“I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shalt find me.” ( Proverb 8:17 )

Viva Magenta:  Live.  Breathe.  Be seeking Him first.