Human Response 481: Keep and Seek the Word of God

1 Chronicles 28:8-9 Now therefore in the sight of all Israel the congregation of the Lord, and in the audience of our God, keep and seek for all the commandments of the Lord your God: that ye may possess this good land, and leave it for an inheritance for your children after you for ever. and thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind….if thou seek him, he will be found of thee, but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.

David told Solomon to be careful to obey the Word of God. Keep and seek all the commandments of the Lord. Promises are fulfilled and blessings multiplied if you seek the Lord. Know God and serve Him with a perfect heart and a willing mind. The promise is: if you seek Him, He will be found. The warning is: if you forsake Him, He will cast you off. “Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and all these things will be added unto you.”

Seeking with a perfect heart and a willing mind means repenting and believing the love of God with an honest and good heart. It means looking for the Lord to be here and expecting mercy, goodness, grace and blessing. Seeking implies, and promises, finding, although we do not actually find Him; He finds us. The Holy Spirit comes with the Gospel to open and enter a heart that He has prepared. Instead of saying, “I found it!” We say with joyful faith, “I am found!”

If we forsake Him, we hear the warning: “cast off for ever.” We will never forsake, forget, ignore, or deny Him. The teachings of Scripture are the keys to security, happiness, and justice, but we will never discover them unless we search God’s Word. We know God’s commands through regular Bible study, and we find ways to apply them to our life. We are constantly seeking and the Lord is always finding.