MAY 5

Psalm 119:9-16
Memorise Psalm 119:10
“…with my whole heart have I sought Thee…”

What does it mean to seek after God like the psalmist proclaimed in Psalm 119:10? To note, he sought after God with his “whole heart”. It was his all-consuming and fervent life mission. God, as the Creator of the Universe and as an infinite spiritual Being, should be completely out of reach to us, finite and carnal creatures. However, by His grace and love for us, He chose to reveal Himself to us through His Word and to provide a way for us to be able to commune with Him through His Son. It is through these avenues that we can seek after God.

To seek after God we must first be reconciled to Him through Christ’s redeeming work on the cross. Without this first step, we can never be close to Him as Christ is the only Way to God (John 14:6). After that, seeking after God would be to grow closer to Him by knowing Him more and obeying Him more through His Word. To know Him more would be to learn what His attributes are and what His will is. To learn how He is a righteous God who will punish sin but also a God of love and mercy who desires to save and forgive the sinner. To understand that He desires to be glorified and how His whole work of salvation does that. To obey Him more would be to seek to first learn what pleases Him and what He views as sin, and then to strive to lead a righteous life according to His standards, not ours.

How then does one seek after God? The Psalmist prays that he will not “wander from [God’s] commandments”. God’s commandments are found in His Word and it is through the reading of God’s Word that we can achieve all of that which has been mentioned before. God’s Word has been given to us by God Himself (2 Peter 1:21). What better way is there to learn about someone than to read the autobiography where He wrote of himself? God reveals Himself to us through His Word. If we truly desire to seek God with our “whole heart” like the Psalmist, let us then read His Word and meditate on it daily in our Quiet Time.

Thought: What steps or changes to your life can you make to seek after God with your whole heart?
Prayer: O Lord, I want to seek after You with my whole heart. Help me to do this by guiding and teaching me through Thy Holy Spirit as I read Thy Word daily.