"Seek Exclamation Point!"

"Seek the Lord and his strength; seek his presence continually!" I Chronicles 16:11.

Seek, inquire after, beg, pursue, desire, plead, delve, explore. Seek. It's not seek suggestion, if you want to, here's a helpful hint take it or leave it. Rather, it's seek command exclamation point! Why do we do everything BUT seek His presence where there is drinking of joy everlasting, filling of God Himself in our hearts, and freeing from every unholy thing?!

"Oh taste and see that the Lord is good!" (Psalm 34:8).

Just as we cannot fully taste a main dish with a little nibble, so too we cannot fully taste the Lord's goodness when we're just “snacking” on His Word to tide us over. I remember watching a little girl eat a cookie, and after nibbling her entire way around the edge, she was done. I think we do the same thing with our relationship with God. We nibble around the edges of a familiar acquaintance, sample a bite here and there, and sip of His presence just enough to wash it down.

What is robbing us of our appetite for Him? We are eating like birds and picking at the things of the Lord like we don't like something when we should be feasting like kings! I wish we didn't so easily settle for less than what is to be found in His presence. May the Lord increase our appetites for Him, and may we eagerly, intentionally, and consciously pursue our God continually.