Have you ever lost something that you scrambled to find? Maybe you lost your keys as you headed out the door. Or misplaced a silly item such as your favorite pen that you cannot live without. You let the process of finding the object consume you to the point that the seeking became more important than the finding. Everything was pushed aside until the beloved item was found.
When this happens to me, snapshots of where I last saw the object flash through my mind. I immediately run to those places usually in vain. Recalling visually is my way of seeking when a lost object does not want to be found. What do you do when the process of uncovering the lost object is not successful? How do you maintain a posture of seeking when the way gets hard?
The New Year seems to be the perfect time to seek. New beginnings lend themselves to new ways to improve or grow. When you fall back on looking for answers to discover more of yourself, the striving becomes the focus rather than the outcome.
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This year as I listen and discover God’s purpose for me I am focusing on the seeking. When I seek God with my whole heart, I am telling Him that He is more important than all the results. For it is in the seeking, God provides more than we could ever imagine. The blessings of leaning in intentionally toward God and sitting in a posture of receiving allows Him to work in amazing ways.
But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. Matthew 6:33-34
The time spent listening and leaning in opens up the possibilities of how God will work within and through us. When our focus is on the seeking, we put ourselves in God’s Hands believing He will help us find the lost and show us the way.
You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. Jeremiah 29:13
God’s joy for us is in the mundane connections of real life with His amazing story. We receive blessings when we participate in the process. May you find joy in the seeking this year believing that God will find the lost and broken and make them whole again.
Blessings in the seeking,
Some seasons, I am learning, God can seem very silent. I’m seeking how to be with Him in these quiet times. I think of my cat, who sometimes is so silent, I haven’t a clue where she is in the house! But she IS in the house. And God too, is always there, isn’t He? May you also have a joy-filled week, Mary!
You’re speaking my one word, friend! The two scriptures you referenced are the perfect accompaniment. Purpose, prayer, seeking Him, so thankful to be on this journey together. Have a blessed week!
I am blessed knowing that you are by my side. I am learning that until I seek God fully my purpose will remain unclear. Seeking leads us closer to God which brings us deeper understanding and relationship with Him. Hope your week is blessed too.
Hi Mary! What a great focus for the year, I like it! When you were talking about the lost keys, I flashed on the woman with the lost coin. No wonder we can all relate to Scripture so well, right?
Seeking the lost, seeking the Lord…all such good things to do. And God says if we seek, we will find. That’s exciting! I hope for you many hours of fruitful seeking this year, and may the Holy Spirit be your constant companion,
Ceil
God’s Word is a beautiful picture into ourselves and how to live our lives. I pray for God to help me in my focus and to lead me to purpose in the seeking. Thank you for encouraging me and walking this path with me.
I do like your focus on the seeking, the being, the experience, Mary. It takes the pressure off, doesn’t it … to figure out all the endless details, the unknown timetable, the hows and whys and wherefores.
And it gives the control back to the only One who can make things happen.
Talk about freedom, huh?
Blessings to you as you, as we, continue to follow the Leader …
Inviting God to sit with you in the in between or wherever life has you certainly brings a sense of peace. He loves nothing more than to be with us even in our challenges. Releasing control is not an easy thing for me but an area that God wants me to lean on Him. This is freedom!
Following the leader and blessed you are by my side.
Love this friend!
Thank you Tara! Praying for you as you begin a new week!
Seeking the Lord is my focus too, Mary.
Every day I make that choice and I ask Him for the grace to do every day.
Whichever way we have a choice to do life as we please but let’s choose wisely by choosing to do life with the Lord.
How are you?
I am doing well Ifeoma. Thank you for the reminder of making a choice to seek God everyday. There is also grace for ourselves when we get sidetracked. Praying that we all choose wisely in our walk with the Lord. Thank you for being here and sharing your wisdom.
Mary,
Joy in the process…growth in the process….most of what I learn is in the process of seeking Him. God is our goal, but there’s so much to glean along the way!
Blessings to you,
Bev
There is so much to learn in the process of growing closer to Him. I pray that I may go deeper all the while seeking God in all. God is our goal but you are right that we don’t want to miss the lessons along the way. Thank you for your continued willingness to join me here.
It’s interesting that my quiet time today was about this very subject, Mary! I love it when God reconfirms a message that I’m to listen to through others in my life–especially in the blogosphere. Thanks so much for inspiring us to seek God with our whole hearts, my friend! When we do we can rest assured that He will work in miraculous ways.
God is good to give us multiple reminders when needed. I love how God found His way to you while you were here today. May we all learn how to seek God first and find ways to ever grow closer to Him. I am blessed by your continued willingness to join me here. Love you friend!
Thank you, Mary. I love how you describe the seeking as leaning intentionally into God in a posture of receiving. May we put ourselves and all broken ones in His Almighty hands! Love and hugs!
Yes! May we lift others to God knowing that He desires to make us whole. I pray we are able to spend time this week choosing God as our focus and allowing Him to feed us with His word. Love and hugs to you too.
“He is more important than results.”
Yes, and your words urge me to evaluate what I’m communicating by my actions and priorities. So good to be reminded, coming into our day of worship, that God is in the business of finding the lost and making the broken whole.
God is in the business of never giving up on us even when we seem to have done that to Him. His forgiveness and grace extends beyond our simpleness but brings us back to Him over and over. I am working on the seeking part this year. Not just when I remember or when I feel like it but all the time. It is my daily prayer. I pray your time of worship was insightful and beautiful today.