Today's Reading: Psalm 105

 

Beat a Path to the Lord

The word “seek” means to pursue; search for; try to find. The Hebrew root word means “to beat a path to; to tread or trample with the feet.” The idea here is to make a path by walking over the ground many, many times. Here, the Psalmist urges us to beat a path to the LORD and His presence.

We are exhorted repeatedly in the Bible to SEEK (beat a path to) the Lord...

“Seek the Lord while he may be found; call upon him while he is near.” (Isaiah 55:6)

“The young lions suffer want and hunger; but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.” (Psalm 34:10)

“Seek the Lord, all you humble of the land.” (Zephanaiah 2:3)

“The Lord is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him.” (Lamentations 3:25)

“Seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.” (Colossians 3:1)

“But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness.” (Matthew 6:33)

“Seek, and you will find.” (Matthew 7:7)

“Whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.” (Hebrews 11:6)

Seeking the Lord is not easy and is not something that happens by itself. We must make a focused and determined effort if we are going to enter His holy presence. We must diligently beat a path to His door. In fact, the Bible tells us, referring to unregenerate man, that there is “no one who seeks after God” (Romans 3:11). The unsaved person doesn’t genuinely seek after God, nor do they have the power to do so. But for the follower of Christ, the power of the Holy Spirit lives in us and gives us the strength and ability to continually pursue the presence of God.

Does your path to the Lord and His presence look like a beaten path that has been trampled down by repeated visits? Or, are there weeds, and bushes, and thorns growing up because the path doesn’t get used very often? Take a moment right now to “beat a path to the Lord and His strength” then make it your daily pursuit to “beat a path to His presence continually” by the power of the Holy Spirit.