Seeking God

Written by Marilyn Ehle

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“If you seek the Lord your God, you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul” (Deuteronomy 4:29).

We make frequent trips to countries outside our own. We have learned how to make lists of necessary items, take only essential clothing, tuck small objects into corners of our luggage, and identify each suitcase. We make sure necessary medications and one change of clothing are in our carry on bags.

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On this last trip I decided to leave my prescription sunglasses at home, taking only a much less expensive pair with me in case of loss or breakage. It was a good journey with all the goals of our project accomplished. Tired but happy upon returning home after two weeks, I began the lengthy process of unpacking, washing clothes and settling back into a somewhat normal routine.

Where were my sunglasses? I looked in the catch-all basket on the entryway table – the most obvious place. Then I searched in desk and bedroom chest drawers, purses, coat pockets. My somewhat relaxed search began taking on intentionality. I began looking in improbable places: wastebaskets, kitchen cupboards, the laundry room shelf. Could I have left the glasses in my car? Maybe they slipped down between the seats.

After several days of fruitless searching, I had just about resigned myself to the fact that I would need to purchase new glasses. As I unlocked my car one morning, I decided to take one more look. Stooping down to look under the seat, I found them! The black case had blended into the floor mat, making it almost invisible.

We frequently say we wish we knew God better. How is it that some people seem to discover more about Gods character than we do? Why are the experiences of others richer than our own? What is the process that friends use to uncover “gems” from the Bible when our own attempts produce mere facts?

The word seek implies intentional pursuit. So often in our busy lives we take time only for surface investigation, a few quickly read Bible verses, a hurried journey through our prayer list. Our minds are engaged but all our heart and soul is occupied with self-orientation.

God promises to give us what we truly seek. In fact, in some mysterious and wonderful way, He joins us in the search and rejoices when what we seek is found!

God, I confess that my search for material items is so often more intentional than my search for you. Remind me, Father, that you will richly uncover what I desperately seek. Amen.

Questions: What is the process that people use to uncover “gems” from the Bible? What does the word “seek” mean? What are you seeking in your life?

About the Author Marilyn J. Ehle

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4 Responses to “Seeking God”

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kanj says:

August 8, 2010 at 7:35 pm

My process, what I use to uncover gems in the Bible, involves daily, consistent perseverance in reading the only source that is true, that being the Holy Living Bible, His Word. Each year that has passed, I will have read that particular Scripture before but for some reason this time the Scripture shone more brightly than it did the time before. This is a ‘found gem’ for me because each day it brings new life and growth to my spiritual self.
One definition for ‘seek’ (synonym) is ‘delve’, delve into. The antonym for ‘seek’ is ‘find’. Lord, let me delve into Your Word and I will find You.
ria says:

July 12, 2010 at 11:41 am

Im in the process of getting a good “study Bible”, because when I’m seeking answers its so much easier to search the scriptures when there are lots of refrences. I find all my “gems” when each scripure leads me to another one and so on. I am seeking a better understanding of the scriptures, and how they apply to my life. I want to remain in the will of God. I want to glorify Him in everything that I do. The Bibles tells us to “seek”(or look) and we will find.
be blessed!
trisha says:

July 12, 2010 at 9:37 am

i have found the more frantic i get to find something the more i CAN’T find it. When i stop and ask the Holy spirit to lead me to them, they are recovered. i know… HE knows where they are. Some things have been lost to me forever so i’m not sure why some come back and other’s don’t. Some things were lost due to stealing or moving procesees. This is how i find seeking the LORD to be. What i want MOST from the LORD (always has been) is a Godly loving marraige. i’ve been “looking” for it all my life. Some times i get very frantic when i can’t “find it”. The more i look the worse i panic. So, i’ve had to ask the Holy Spirit to “find” my Boaz as i grow more and more into Ruth :-) Just Like my forever lost items, i have had loved ones “stolen” from me and others “lost” to me forever. i have to accept it. No amount of begging and crying is going to bring them back. Yet, i continue to seek the LORD’s face b/c i know HE knows “where they are.” Blessings~trisha
Shelley Anderson says:

July 12, 2010 at 5:54 am

Seeking God is a very important word I havde learned the last 6 months or so. I heard it in a song and now hear it in the devotions and and Bible verses that i read. To seek my Lord is to continually go after Him. To get to know Him more and more in my day to day life. I love Him very much and evryday I want to get even more closer the the day before as I put my focus on HIM.