Seeking and Finding

It is not hard to recognize when an individual has spent time seeking God. A calm guards their heart, and their countance is radiant with light.

To seek and find God is everything. Yet, in our era, we find few church services actually being focused on seeking God. We hear a sermon and enjoy times of fellowship with others. We depart our meetings filled up with information about God without actually drawing near to Him. Most are still unaware of God's presence.

We must not automatically assume that religious indoctrination is the same thing as actually seeking God. There is no substitute for one's own worship encounter with God. We must ask ourselves: Is there a place and time set apart where we can give ourselves to seek God? What if the Spirit of God desired to manifest during our worship service? (Personally, I believe this is always His desire.) Would He have to wait until we finish our own program, or would we make room for Him?

Our goal should be to daily draw close to God. If we do not cease seeking and knocking, we will find intimacy with Him. The Lord promises, "Everyone who.....seeks finds." (Matthew 7:8)

Let us determine in our hearts to seek Him and have His manifested presence in our mist.

Charm Segerson