Seek

“But seek first His kingdom, and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added to you”.   Matthew 6:33

Seek – The word used in this quotation from Jesus means “to deliberately strive and desire something as an act of the will”.  It is the Greek word zeteo.  Here the context implies putting your whole life at the disposal of God’s rule and will so that nothing takes greater priority.  This meaning carries over the Old Testament idea that seeking God is an activity of the whole being, not simply an intellectual pursuit.  Everything that comprises who we are is to be offered as a living sign of complete surrender to the pursuit of God and His kingdom.

This verse tells us that whenever we consciously commit ourselves in utter abandonment to God’s will, He faithfully cares for our every need.  In the previous verse, Jesus simply says that God knows exactly what we need and we can have every confidence that He will provide for us when we surrender to Him.  This is the essence of life in Christ.  We could never do it alone, and we could never do it by just giving up.  We had to surrender something to someone.  We had to give ourselves completely to our powerlessness and let God do what only He could do.  We didn’t know we could change until we gave up trying.

Seeking is a very strong word.  It isn’t just “looking around” or “checking it out”.  It is fervent hunting.  Every parent knows what this word means.  It is the intensity of looking for a lost child.  Nothing else matters until that child is found.  We are consumed with looking.

When your life is consumed with looking for God, God will find you.  And you will be completely cared for.  Jesus said it another way.  “Blessed are the poor in spirit”.  It really means “Happy are the ones who are desperate for God because God will find them”.

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