What is it you seek? What do you long for more than anything else? Is it a job promotion? Is it finding a partner for life? Is it purchasing a house? Is it the healing of a family member? Have you been asking God to provide it to you? Do you seek to be closer to God?
We all seek something. Whether we believe it or not, we are goal-oriented people. We need something to live for, something to accomplish. Some of us have big goals, while other’s goals are much smaller. One may merely seek their next meal, while another seeks to be president.
Without a reason to live, we would give up. But what is our reason? Our reason will change how we go about our lives. If we have a lofty goal, we will take steps to achieve it. It will drive us to do some things and not others. It will guide our priorities. We will make choices based on whether they will help us achieve our goal or not.
If our goal is to be with God at all times, will make choices differently. We will take time to read and study his Word. We will attend Bible studies. We will be at every worship service and attend Sunday School. We may even lead a Sunday School class or a Bible study. After all, when we teach, we learn more than the student.
David voices his desire to live with God for his entire life. He wants to see the glory of God. We, too, can desire the same thing. Even if we do not see God face-to-face, we can see his glory in his creation, our interactions with others, and in his blessings. The ultimate question is, what are we looking for? What is our hearts desire? If seek God with all our heart, we will see his glory.
I pray we all desire to live with God each day. I pray we spend time studying God’s Word. I pray each one of us will make seeing the glory of God our hearts desire and pursue it every day. Seek God. Study God’s Word. See God’s glory. Observe God’s creation. Recognize God’s blessings.
Psalm 27:4
One thing I asked of the Lord;
this I seek:
to live in the house of the Lord
all the days of my life,
to behold the beauty of the Lord,
and to inquire in his temple.
Marty Pressey 