Seek God Eagerly

1 Kings 15, 2 Chronicles 13-16

2 Chronicles 15:¹¹ At that time they sacrificed to the LORD seven hundred head of cattle and seven thousand sheep and goats from the plunder they had brought back. ¹² They entered into a covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and soul. ¹³ All who would not seek the LORD, the God of Israel, were to be put to death, whether small or great, man or woman. ¹⁴ They took an oath to the LORD with loud acclamation, with shouting and with trumpets and horns. ¹⁵ All Judah rejoiced about the oath because they had sworn it wholeheartedly. They sought God eagerly, and he was found by them. So the LORD gave them rest on every side."

Before Asa, the kings of Judah worshiped idols and not the one and true God. Asa made sacrifices to the Lord and led his people into an covenant to seek the Lord with ALL their heart and soul. They verbally and internally made the covenant and to show that he was serious, Asa killed all who would not seek God. After seeking God eagerly, they found God and God gave them peace with the nations surrounding them.

When God tells us to seek Him in Matthew 7, He is not asking us to just look. He is asking us..no telling us to seek wholeheartedly, EAGERLY. That is the only way we will find Him. I must seek Him in prayer EAGERLY, seeking verbally and internally.

Lord!
You are amazing. You said that if we are to seek, we will find. So Lord, I am seeking You. I want to find You and will look with my heart and my soul. You are my One and Only, and will continue to seek You with everything I have!! This is my verbal covenant and I am proclaiming that You are the one I wish to find, every day, every moment. I yearn to be in Your presence.

Amen.