When I was a young child I can remember going to the city park one afternoon, because on that specific day the city had decided to hold a treasure hunt of sorts. It was just for younger children to participate in, and what was really neat was that there had been a large pile of snow piled up, and in that snow there were hidden hundreds of golden dollar coins. As soon as we were given the ok to start, all of the other children and I began digging frantically through that snow, searching for those gold coins. We wanted those coins, and we looked for them.
Whenever you want something, what do you do? You need to put in some effort to go and get it! When a family loses a pet, they might put up signs around the area, offering a reward to anyone who finds their animal. They want to have their pet found, so they go around the neighborhood putting up signs, calling their pet’s name wherever they go.
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.
The definition for the word seek is “to search for or attempt to find someone or something; to attempt or desire to obtain or achieve something.”
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
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 marathon, 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 q see of them that diligently seek him.” Hebrews 11:6
It’s time to did start looking in God’s Word, and the time to search is now!
In Christ,
Andrew
Teufer Lake King James Bible Church 