If you are going to try to get or find something that you want, it takes some effort, doesn’t it? I mean, if you lost your cell phone you would surely search in all of the areas that you had been, right? You may even have a friend call your phone so that it would ring, and alert you to its location. But however the method, it requires that you do some searching to find it.
Many years ago I would take a dog treat and put it into my pocket, and wait, because I knew that eventually my dog would catch the smell of the treat and try to find it. You could watch as he carefully smelled the air, and it wasn’t long before his keen sense of smell told him that it was in my pocket, as he sat before me and begged for his treat.
It takes a seeking attitude to find what you are looking for, just like it takes a seeking heart to obtain the things of God.
Matthew 7:7-8 “Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.”
When you seek for something it means to try to find, to look or search for. Also, to ask for, or to try to acquire or gain.
People can spend their time looking for just about anything, yet many people focus their time searching for the wrong things, instead of searching for the most important thing of all, which is the treasures of God’s Word.
During many treasure hunts, clues will be left behind for you to follow to find the next clue, until eventually you find the treasure itself. The Bible contains all of the information that we need to find that prize of eternal life in God’s kingdom. Step by step, day after day we are in pursuit of that prize, completing each task set before us, and moving onto the next.
You cannot find a treasure unless you go out looking for it. That is the point of a treasure hunt. You need to seek for it if you want to find it. But unlike the prize of a treasure hunt on the Earth, where only one person can receive it, the prize that Jesus offers is available to everyone who follows His message.
Colossians 3:1-2 “If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.”
You need to believe the messages that Jesus has placed in His Bible. All the information is already there, and all we need to do is go and look for it. Search the scriptures, for therein lies salvation. Seek after God, and He will reward you.
Hebrews 11:6 “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.”
The kingdom of heaven is at hand! It’s time to go out and find it. It’s time to start seeking for the things of God!
In Christ,
Andrew
Teufer Lake King James Bible Church 