Faith Capsule: The one you seek is the one you serve.
2 Chronicles 14, Matthew 6
It is written, “Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of the Lord his God, for he removed the altars of the foreign gods and the high places, and broke down the sacred pillars and cut down the wooden images. He commanded Judah to seek the Lord God of their fathers, and to observe the law and the commandment. He also removed the high places and the incense altars from all the cities of Judah, and the kingdom was quiet under him.” (2 Chronicles 14:1-5) Asa sought God and it was accounted for him as doing what was right in the eyes of God. Seeking God is doing right and God is always looking for those who are seeking Him. Psalmist testified, “God looks down from heaven upon the children of men, To see if there are any who understand, who seek God.” (Psalm 53:2) Jesus commanded, “But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.” (Matthew 6:33) Asa sought God and God was pleased. Are you living life to please God or to seal off God out of your life? The consequences of seeking God is rewarding beyond imagination.
At the time Asa was seeking God and committing his people to seek God, the bible identified that the Kingdom was quiet under him. Have you been placed in any position of influence or authority? Regardless of the time we are living, it is not impossible to influence others surrounding you or under your authority to seek God. Asa had rest all around him when he placed God and all that pleases God first in his position as king of Judah. Seeking God is being with God always. God is always with those who seek Him. A failure to seek God is forsaking God. When man forsake God it is certain that God will forsake man.
Who are you seeking? The one you seek is the one you serve. Jesus pointed out, “No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.” (Matthew 6:24) There is no middle ground or excuse in serving God. Man can be at work and be serving God by the conduct which others are observing or by the meditation of the heart. One cannot claim serving God when nothing about one’s conduct testifies of God throughout of one’s working day. In your working place or daily engagement, seek God in your heart and it will be written all over you for others to see and follow you to seek Him.
Prayer for today: Ask God to take charge over your life that you live to seek Him all the days He has given you.