"Seek and you shall find"!

“Seek and you shall find…”

This is a common phenomenon that every living soul can relate to. If we lose an item it is normal to seek it out and the greater the value the firmer the search.

The bible instructs us with this encouragement; “And I tell you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.” (Luke 11:9) - However who ever seeks out something that has never been lost? It is obvious to conclude that the greater the value the more vigour we put into the search and when we understand that our life depends on us retrieving the article needed, we will summon whatever and whoever we need to find that which was lost.

Let us break this down; we will never seek out something that isn’t important to us; lose five cents climbing a mountain, who in their right mind would retrace their steps, burning all that energy trying to find it, for the return does not warrant the search. But lose a diamond ring and all will be rallied and every possible inch of the mountain will be searched out until that which was lost is found. Principally we need our minds to relate to every precious gift God has given us. The grander the assessment the harder the hunt; I am slowly starting to understand that it will be evident to ourselves and others whatever we place as priorities in our lives. Both hidden and the seen can be explained like this, “You shall know a tree by its fruits, does an orange tree bear pears?” In like manner does a Christian take for granted what he has been freely given? I suppose because of our sinful natures we err in many areas along life’s journey, but of this I am sure; whatever is of importance to us will be searched for if lost!

If we find that our conscience begins to be seared in any areas of our lives, what can we do to remedy our situation? King David was the one to lead the way and this was his cry after falling into sin with Bathsheba; “Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.” (Psalms 51:10) – We must approach the throne room of grace looking to Jesus the author and finisher of our faith to help us seek out that which we lost along the way and we will only ever do that if we realise what we have lost is invaluable to us.

So you say that at one stage in your life you were a Christian, but today you say you are not so sure, and then I have this to say it was never really real to you and I would implore you to fall on your knees and cry out to Jesus asking Him for mercy.  You may be like many Christians that have lost their oil for their lanterns, today is the day like never before to go and seek out oil for the night is coming and without oil it will be impossible to find your way. And there will come a time that we will all need that oil, so this then is my cry; seek out that which is lost! But before we misunderstand what that may mean, we needn’t seek out wealth and food and raiment as that type of energy is misguided and it carries with it no eternal return; “And do not seek what you are to eat and what you are to drink, nor be worried. For all the nations of the world seek after these things, and your Father knows that you need them. Instead, seek his kingdom, and these things will be added to you.” (Luke 12:29-31)

Seek that which will go from this life into the next…

Signing off

Tyrone