The definition for the word seek is “to search for or attempt to find someone or something; to attempt or desire to obtain or acheive something.”
One of the most popular games kids play is hide and seek. I can remember burying myself under piles of clothes and boxes in a closet with some other kids while one of them searched throughout the house trying to find us. We were the “hiders”, and the person trying to find us was the “seeker.” Once the seeker found everyone who was hiding, the game was “completed” and we started a new one.
Sometimes a city will have a “treasure hunt” event where they hide a medallion or some other kind of thing and they will put clues out in the newspaper that give hints to where it is located. Hundreds of people will go out searching for that medallion, hoping to receive the prize that is awarded to the winner. When someone eventually finds what was hidden, they win the prize.
That is why people go seeking for something. They want to aquire something or receive a prize. When a family loses a pet, they might put up signs around the area, offering a reward to anyone who finds their animal.
Well, God has also offered up a reward. He offers salvation to those who seek to do His will, and follow His Son. But unlike an earthly reward that is only available to just one person, God offers that reward to all who come seeking Jesus.
In the book of Luke, we read about a man who was seeking to see Jesus, and overcame an obstacle that prevented him.
“And Jesus entered and passed through Jericho.
And, behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus, which was the chief among the publicans, and he was rich.
And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the press, because he was little of stature.
And he ran before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see him: for he was to pass that way.
And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up, and saw him, and said unto him, Zacchaeus, make haste, and come down; for to day I must abide at thy house.” Luke 19:1-5
So Zacchaeus was a shorter man, and because he couldn’t see over the top of all of the people around Jesus, he did something that only someone who was truly seeking would do in that situation. He climbed up a tree! He didn’t give up just because he couldn’t see over the crowd. He didn’t turn around and go home. He sought out Jesus, until he found Him. Just like Zacchaeus, we also need to seek out Jesus.
Jesus told the parable about a woman who lost a coin in her house. What did she do? Did she just resign herself to her loss, and forget about it? No, she didn’t. She swept the entire house, seeking for that one coin, and eventually she found it.
We need to continue to seek the things of God, and let nothing stand in our way to receiving that reward. Like Paul wrote in Philippians,
“I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 3:14
Like a runner running a mararthon, they don’t run 25 miles and then give up with 1 mile left. They want to receive that prize, they press forward and seek to finish the race. We don’t only read the Bible, and go our way living the way of the flesh. We seek to obey and live our lives as Jesus commands us.
Do you have a seeking heart? Do you want to be rewarded someday by God? He is a rewarder, you just need to seek Him.
“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
In Christ,
Andrew
Teufer Lake King James Bible Church 