100 Days with David 2025 Day 13: The Lord will not ignore those who seek Him.

“And those who know Your name will put their trust in You; For You, Lord, have not forsaken those who seek You.”

‭‭Psalms‬ ‭9:10‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

For many years of my life I had aquariums. I enjoyed having that window into an aquatic world. However, one mistake I too often made, was overfeeding the fish. You see, food that drops to the bottom, will go uneaten (unless you have scavengers). Unfortunately, this messes up the water balance.

Now, I knew I should only feed the fish a small amount; but there was an intervening variable (something else was going on, affecting the outcome): When the fish would see me go by the aquarium (recognizing me by what I would wear around the house), they would go to the surface and begin doing their mouths like little birds wanting to be fed! It was very, very, difficult to just pass them by. You see, I didn’t want to disappoint their expectation ( . . . I know).

And then there’s the matter of my “granddog.” When she was first acquired as a family member, her “parents” would bring her over to our house when they would come for dinner (this was before human grandchildren, who now require all the attention). Well, this sweet little dog would stand in the kitchen while I was preparing the food and when I was putting the food away. She would literally stand between my feet—or on my feet—looking up at me with her big brown eyes, expecting something. Needless to say, I rarely disappointed her, either.

OK, I’m a “feeder.” I like to feed people and animals, particularly when they are entreating me to do so.

From what Jesus said, it sounds like our Father is not that much different from me in terms of consistently responding to an expectant, persistent seeker.

“So I say to you, ask and keep on asking, and it will be given to you; seek and keep on seeking, and you will find; knock and keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who keeps on asking [persistently], receives; and he who keeps on seeking [persistently], finds; and to him who keeps on knocking [persistently], the door will be opened.”

‭‭Luke‬ ‭11:9-10‬ ‭AMP‬‬

Here, the Lord was specifically speaking of God’s faithfulness in giving His Holy Spirit to those who persistently seek Him; but it is a general principle of how the Lord operates.

At another time Jesus was in the home of Martha, Mary and Lazarus. Martha was preparing a large meal, while Mary was sitting at Jesus’ feet listening to every word He spoke. Martha went to Jesus, asking Him to tell Mary to help her prepare the food.

“As Jesus and the disciples continued on their way to Jerusalem, they came to a certain village where a woman named Martha welcomed him into her home. Her sister, Mary, sat at the Lord’s feet, listening to what he taught. But Martha was distracted by the big dinner she was preparing. She came to Jesus and said, “Lord, doesn’t it seem unfair to you that my sister just sits here while I do all the work? Tell her to come and help me.” But the Lord said to her, “My dear Martha, you are worried and upset over all these details! There is only one thing worth being concerned about. Mary has discovered it, and it will not be taken away from her.””

‭‭Luke‬ ‭10‬:‭38‬-‭42‬ ‭NLT‬‬

Although at that point in time, women generally served the meal as the men sat and talked to each other, Jesus, seeing Mary’s desire to be near Him and learn from Him, refused to make her get up and help Martha.

In today’s selection from David’s psalms, we see that David is expressing confidence in God’s faithfulness to those who seek Him. As we have said, David fervently sought after the heart of God; and he found it!

I particularly love this proclamation from David about seeking God:

“When You said, “Seek My face,” My heart said to You, “Your face, Lord, I will seek.””

‭‭Psalms‬ ‭27:8‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Basically, we can stand aloof from the Lord (either because we are busy seeking everything else or because we have decided that He doesn’t care about us anyway), and we will pretty much get what we expect: nothing. But, if we are always at His feet, looking up with expectation, won’t He respond by filling our need?

For today let us know and understand what David knew:

The Lord will not ignore those who seek Him.

Peace to you.

Jesus is coming! Get ready for Him!