Seek the Lord Diligently

Seek the Lord Diligently

But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

Hebrews 11:6

Bible Reading: Matthew 6:33

Have you ever been late for an interview because your car keys decided on all days in the year to play hide and seek at that moment? Frustrating right, I totally understand and can imagine how you’d lift everything hurriedly yet carefully with all diligence and focus on how to beat time. From our anchor Scripture, God is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. It means God won’t reward those that seek Him haphazardly because God’s standard of diligence can’t be compromised. What’s the implication of the word diligence in seeking God? To be diligent means to perform with intense concentration, determination, commitment, focus and responsible regard.

In the context of our study, diligently is an adverb is modifying the verb “seek”. Hence, it means: careful and conscious effort in carrying out a task or duty effectively,(and that duty is SEEKING GOD). There is an element of consistency, perseverance, passion and focus regardless of the sacrifice. That means it is not a day event or a one time event, seeking the Lord isn’t something to gloss over or one to be done hurriedly, rather, it is a lifetime commitment. Seeking the Lord is a deliberate, intentional, persistent action or series of activities taken with serious heartedness.

Seeking is a continuous present tense. It is from phase to phase, you can’t get all of God in a day. The total knowledge of God is even too big to be received even in a man’s lifetime, but the reward is worth its seeking. Diligence involves embracing the right knowledge and the ability to be patient. Therefore, the question is this: Are you diligent in seeking God? How committed are you in your search to know and seek God? Starting with your daily devotion to other things, how diligent are you? Remember you are to do all things as unto the Lord ‚so in everything let diligence speak and that’s only when you can get the reward from God.

Self-Reflection: Diligence is an essential ingredient in achieving excellence in life and even in our walk with God. Am I diligent in my walk with God and in what I am doing?

Daily Confession: Lord, help me to be diligent in my pursuit of You and in my pursuit in life.

Action Point: Identify those things that are not making you to be diligent and prayerfully get rid of them.

Hymn: Guide me O, Thou great Jehovah,

                Pilgrim through this barren land;

                I am weak but Thou art mighty;

                Hold me with Thy powerful hand

             Bread of heaven

             Feed me till I want no more