Only Seeking His Treasure
May I just say thank you, and thank you some more for being a great encourager! The last month has been odd spiritually, as I explained the other day. I’m not running from God. I’m still approaching Him, but my heart hasn’t been the most sincere and genuine.
It’s a spiritual desert. A dry season. But I believe it’s coming to an end. The spiritual rain is coming.
In our Bible study last night we read and discussed Proverbs 2. I so desperately needed those words. Specifically, verse 4: “if you seek it like silver and search for it as hidden treasures…”
I guess I get stuck in a rut at times because my heart stops seeking. I get lazy in my walk with God. I take a seat and bury my head. I haven’t been earnestly running after the Lord, looking for his truth and understanding like we’d look for treasure.
One of the guys in our Bible study made a good point — “If someone hid $10 million somewhere in town and told everyone they could have it if they found it, people would be coming from all over to search for it. Why isn’t our pursuit of God the same? He has way more than $10 million to offer us.”
And he’s right.
Instead of having a “one-way” attitude toward God, as if I can just sit back and God serve me, I need to be constantly pursuing Him and searching for Him because He has the ultimate treasure. The treasure that conquers all. That satisfies all our cravings. That is truly worth searching for.
I often lose that perspective. I want God to do all the work while I reap the benefit, but it doesn’t work that way. That’s lazy faith. That’s a lousy relationship.
Proverbs 2 is turning my spiritual walk around. It’s sparking the flame again. It’s letting me know what’s worth seeking and just how incredible God’s truth and understanding is, so much so that I’ve got to seek it above and beyond anything in this world.
Instead of a “I’m going to let God happen to me today” type of mentality, I need to have a “I’m going to chase after God, dig into this world and find where He’s at and join Him” type of mentality. The reality is God is ever present in all that’s around us. I just fail to search for Him. I fail to seek Him.
My resolve is to start seeking him like silver again. To start searching for Him like hidden treasure. To place Him above and beyond anything in this world because that’s where He exists. And my seeking must be for Him.
If you’re struggling with the same or do struggle in the future, remember how wonderful His treasure is compared to this world. A treasure that can’t be tainted or damaged by the world. A treasure that is eternal and wonderful. A treasure that satisfies you more than this world ever will.
His treasure is a deep-rooted love that can’t be shaken or moved. A costly grace so freely given yet cost Him everything. Grace that washes over and over us. A Father who never abandons. Those are just portions of His treasure, which we don’t even deserve, yet He freely gives.
