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A Seeking Heart

And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the LORD.

2 Chron 12:14 (KJV)

Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way

of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the LORD;

and in his law doth he meditate day and night. And he shall be like a tree planted by the

rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither;

and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away. Therefore the

ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

Psalms 1:1-6 (KJV)

Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or,

Wherewithal shall we be clothed? (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for

your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. But seek ye first the

kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Matt 6:31-33 (KJV), emphasis added

David was a man after God’s own heart. Enoch walked with God. Samuel served the

Lord all His days. Noah was the only righteous man in His generation. Jude wrote a

different epistle than he intended to because of the Lord’s guidance. These are but a few of

the many examples that we have in the Scriptures of individuals and nations whose lives

and course where undeniably transformed as a result of seeking the Lord.

Study Daniel, Nehemiah, and Joseph (of the Old Testament). Then study Paul and

Timothy (in Acts). Minister, will you seek the Lord? It is of utmost importance that you

do. Unless you seek the Lord first, you are sinning for you are trusting in your flesh or

some other idol.

seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness . . . .

Matt 6:33 (KJV)