Seeking God

<p>Good morning, Five Minute Families. When our boys were young, there was an artist on the local radio station where we lived who had a kids radio show called Karen and Kids. One of the songs they sang came from Matthew 7:7 “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.” Karen and the kids would sing “Ask and seek and knock.” By the way, you can find that song on youtube.</p><p>I can still hear that song run through my mind. It came to my recall earlier this week when I was doing research for marketing the retreat. Marketing is not in my natural gifting, so I do lots of research of it. Another retreat I can across had the statement “We all need a place to unplug, unwind and seek God” prominent on its home page. Seek God. Seek means ‘to go in search of’ something. </p><p>If we are to seek God well, how exactly are we supposed to do that? Any type of search has steps… how to conduct a google search is not the same as how to conduct a geocache search. How to search for a lost dog will not look anything like how to search for your career options. Yet, what are the elements that make a good search? Being specific, being thorough, having relevance, for the searcher to be open to suggestions, and having a valuable resource are but a few of the elements of a good search.</p><p>When I first started looking into seeking God as a concept or teachable moment, I simply saw a bunch of verses or paraphrases such as </p><p>1 Chronicles 22:19 Now set your mind and heart to seek the Lord your God.</p><p>Matthew 6:33 But seek first the kingdom of God </p><p>or Isaiah 55:6-7 Seek the Lord while he may be found</p><p>Those parts of those verses are great but they are not specific or thorough. You know, one of our sons has to have very detailed instructions for every task we give him. While the concept of something may be well know, the steps to achieve are not always so easily discernible. Each verse includes a touch more about seeking within the verse itself or the context of where