Seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened
to you. Matthew 7:7
In college, I woke up one morning to find Carol, my
roommate, in a panic. Her signet ring was missing. We searched everywhere. The
next morning we found ourselves picking through a dumpster.
I ripped open a trash bag. “You’re so dedicated to finding
this!”
“I’m not losing a two-hundred-dollar ring!” she exclaimed.
Carol’s determination reminds me of the parable Jesus told
about the kingdom of heaven, which “is like treasure hidden in a field. When a
man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and
bought that field” (Matthew 13:44). Certain things are worth going great
lengths to find.
Throughout the Bible, God promises that those who seek Him
will find Him. In Deuteronomy, He explained to the Israelites that they would
find Him when they turned from their sin and sought Him with all their
hearts (4:28–29). In the book of 2 Chronicles, King Asa gained encouragement
from a similar promise (15:2). And in Jeremiah, God gave the same promise to
the exiles, saying He would bring them back from captivity (29:13–14).
If we seek God, through His Word, worship, and in our daily
lives, we will find Him. Over time, we’ll know Him on a deeper level. That will
be even better than the sweet moment when Carol pulled her ring out of that
trash bag!
Lord, help me to seek You with all my heart.
To find God, we must be willing to seek Him.
Today's Devotional from: OUR DAILY BREAD
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