Never Stop Seeking

Look up the word seek in a New American Standard Bible and you will see, in it various forms, over 300 instances of the word. So there is a lot of seeking going on in the Bible.

Sometimes it is good:

All the earth was seeking the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom which God had put in his heart.
1 Kings 10:24

Sometimes it is bad:

So Jonathan told David saying, "Saul my father is seeking to put you to death. Now therefore, please be on guard in the morning, and stay in a secret place and hide yourself.
1 Samuel 19:2

Sometimes it is a command to do right:

Seek the LORD and His strength; Seek His face continually.
1 Chronicles 16:11

Sometimes it is a command not to do wrong:

Do not turn to mediums or spiritists; do not seek them out to be defiled by them. I am the LORD your God.
Leviticus 19:31

Sometimes it is a relief:

Now the LORD said to Moses in Midian, "Go back to Egypt, for all the men who were seeking your life are dead."
Exodus 4:19

Sometimes it is a pain:

A rebellious man seeks only evil, So a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
Proverbs 17:11

There are over 300 seeks in the Bible, but one passage bears repeating, in life as it is in the Bible:

Seek the LORD and His strength; Seek His face continually.
Psalm 105:4

Seeking can lead to good or bad, it is a matter of what and how your heart seeks.

Seek Him and you will find Him, waiting with strength and salvation.

A Quote I Enjoyed - #2

"Credo ut intelligam" – I believe in order that I may understand.

Anselm of Canterbury (1033-1109)

I found this in "Who Needs Theology" by Stanley J Grenz and Roger E Olson. It was quoted in the context of faith being a Christian acknowledging that God has claimed his or her life; theology being the pursuit of knowledge to understand with the mind what the heart already believes.

Faith before knowledge, I like that order. Seeking knowledge of God before having faith in Christ does seem like the wrong order, because it becomes about you, your preconceived notions and prejudices. Better to have Christ find you, and then have Him lead you on the journey of intellectual discovery that will enhance your ability to explain and defend your faith.

I can see where having faith before knowledge is a better road than pride before a fall.