What Are You Seeking? – 12.22.09

Here's a word study on the word "SEEK." It is time to seek the Lord (Hosea 10:12).

seek

1. To go in search or quest of; to look for

2. To inquire for; to ask for; to solicit; to endeavor to find or gain by any means

WHAT WE SHOULD SEEK

• The Lord (1 Chronicles 16:11; Psalm 105:4; Isaiah 55:6; Zephaniah 2:3)
• His face (1 Chronicles 16:11; Psalm 105:4; 2 Chronicles 7:14)
• His strength (1 Chronicles 16:11; Psalm 105:4)
• His house (Psalm 27:4)
• Peace (Psalm 34:14; 1 Peter 3:11)
• Wisdom (Proverbs 2:4-6)
• God's precepts (Psalm 119:145)
• All His commandments (1 Chronicles 28:8)
• The book of the Lord (Isaiah 34:16)
• Judgment (Isaiah 1:17)
• Good and not evil (Amos 5:14)
• Righteousness (Zephaniah 2:3; Matthew 6:33)
• Meekness (Zephaniah 2:3)
• The kingdom of God (Matthew 6:33; Luke 12:31)
• Honor from God not men (John 5:44)
• To do the will of God (John 5:30)
• To enrich others (1 Corinthians 10:24)
• To excel to the edifying of the church (1 Corinthians 14:12)
• To please God not men (Galatians 1:10)
• Those things which are above (Colossians 3:1)
• A heavenly country (Hebrews 11:14; 13:4)

WHAT WE SHOULDN'T SEEK

• Sorcery, witchcraft, astrology, and the like (Leviticus 19:31)
• The desires of our own hearts and eyes (Numbers 15:39)
• Wine (Proverbs 23:30, 35)
• Idols (Isaiah 19:3)
• To hide from God (Isaiah 29:15)
• Love (Jeremiah 2:33)
• A sign (Matthew 12:29)
• Temporal things (Matthew 6:31-32; Luke 12:29-30)
• Self-glory (Jeremiah 45:5; John 8:50)
• To be loosed from a wife (1 Corinthians 7:27)

HOW WE SHOULD SEEK

• Setting and/or preparing our heart and soul to do so (1 Chronicles 22:19; Ezra 7:10; 2 Chronicles 12:14; 19:3; 20:3)
• Betimes – early (Job 8:5; Proverbs 8:17)
• While He may be found (Isaiah 55:6-7)
• In humility (Psalm 10:4)
• With our whole heart (Psalm 119:2; Jeremiah 29:13)
• By prayer, supplications, and fasting (Daniel 9:3)
• Diligently (Hebrews 11:6)

THE RESULTS OF SEEKING

• You will find God (Deuteronomy 4:29; 2 Chronicles 15:2; Matthew 7:7)
• Your heart will rejoice (1 Chronicles 16:10; Psalm 40:16; 70:4; 105:3)
• God will hear from heaven and forgive our sin (2 Chronicles 7:14)
• The hand of God upon you for good (Ezra 8:22)
• You will not lack any good thing (Psalm 34:10)
• Understanding of all things (Proverbs 28:5)
• God's goodness (Lamentations 3:25)
• God's reward (Hebrews 11:6)