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: to resort to : go to
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a : to go in search of : look for b : to try to discover
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: to ask for : REQUEST <seeks advice>
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: to try to acquire or gain : aim at <seek fame>
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: to make an attempt : TRY —used with to and an infinitive <governments…seek to keep the bulk of their
people contented — D. M. Potter>
intransitive verb
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: to make a search or inquiry
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a : to be sought b : to be lacking <in critical judgment … they were sadly to seek — Times Literary
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SEEKING GOD
"Break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the Lord ..."
Hosea 10:12.
I. What does it mean to "seek God"?
Acts 17:26-28
III. He promises that those who diligently seek him shall find him.
Isaiah 45:19
Malachi 3:13, 14
Psalms 107:9
Lamentations 3:25
Hebrews 11:6
1. Joy.
3. Revelation.
Jeremiah 33:3
Proverbs 28:5
5. Strength.
7. Security.
Psalm 27:4, 5
Psalms 27:8
A. "Continually."
B. Whole-heartedly.
C. "Diligently."
Seeking After God
How many times have you heard Christians say (or heard the words from your own mouth), “So-
and-so is not a Christian but he’s searching”? It is a common statement among Christians. The
idea is that there are people all over the place who are searching for God. Their problem is that
they just haven’t been able to find Him. He is playing hide-and-seek. He is elusive.
In the Garden of Eden, when sin came into the world, who hid? Jesus came into the world to
seek and to save the lost. Jesus wasn’t the one who was hiding. God is not a fugitive. We are the
ones on the run. Scripture declares that the wicked flee when no man pursues. As Martin Luther
remarked: “The pagan trembles at the rustling of a leaf. The uniform teaching of Scripture is that
fallen men are fleeing from God.”
People do not seek God. They seek after the benefits that only God can give them. The sin of
fallen man is this: Man seeks the benefits of God while fleeing from God Himself. We are, by
nature, fugitives.
The Bible tells us repeatedly to seek after God. The conclusion we draw from these texts is that
since we are called to seek after God it must mean that we, even in our fallen state, have the
moral capacity to do that seeking. But who is being addressed in these texts? In the case of the
Old Testament, it is the people of Israel who are called to seek the Lord. In the New Testament,
it is believers who are called to seek the kingdom.
Coram Deo
Are you seeking the benefits God can give you or seeking after God alone?