The Lord wants us to seek Him and not just pray.The Lord wants us to seek Him and not just pray.
Key scripture
(Mat 7:7) Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
(2Ch 7:14) If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
Notice that each verse mentions prayer (asking) and seeking as two different words.
Definitions
Seek- to follow (for pursuit or search)
– to worship:
– diligently, inquire
– make inquisition
– question, require, search, seek [for, out], X surely. – be (go) about, desire, endeavour, enquire (for), require, (X will) seek (after, for, means)
Prayer- Intercede- Make supplication
Both are important, but seeking will take us to a deeper intamacy with God.
Seeking
Seek first the kingdom of God
(Mat 6:33) But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you
.- Righteousness, peace and joy
Seek the face of God
(Psa 27:8) When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek.
Parts of the Face
– Head – mind – what are you thinking
(Php 2:5) Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:(1Co 2:16) For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.
– Eyes – How do you see it
(Psa 32:8) I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.
– Mouth – What are you speaking
(Joh 15:15) Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.
(Psa 105:4) Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face evermore.
Seek the Lord
(Zep 2:3) Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD’S anger.
(Pro 8:17) I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.
(Psa 14:2) The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.
(Psa 24:6) This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.
(Isa 55:6) Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
(Jer 29:13) And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
(Psa 105:4) Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face evermore.
(Deu 4:29) But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.(Psa 63:1) A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
The Rewards of Seeking Him
(Heb 11:6) But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe him.that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek
We will live
(Psa 22:26) The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.(Psa 69:32) The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God.(Amo 5:4) For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live:(Amo 5:6) Seek the LORD, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Bethel.
We will not be forsaken
(Psa 9:10) And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
Deliverance from Captivity
(Jer 29:14) And I will be found of you, saith the LORD: and I will turn away your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith the LORD; and I will bring you again into the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive.
Captivity – the things that keep us bound.