The Lord will not ignore those who seek Him. - Day 13

“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 have had aquariums. I enjoyed having that window into an aquatic world. However, one mistake, I too often made, was overfeeding the fish. Food that the fish don’t eat before it drops to the bottom, will go uneaten (unless you have scavengers). Unfortunately, this messes up the water balance. I knew I should only feed them a small amount; but there was an intervening variable (something else was going on, affecting the outcome). The problem was that 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.

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 or 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.

In our opening portion from Psalms today 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.

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