When we’re raised in the church, we often accept that we know what phrases mean without ever thinking, “Just what does that mean?”
The longer your on the way, the harder it is to say to someone who asks you to explain a concept, “I really don’t know.” So we make something up based on all the sermons we heard that never explained phrases and just assumed we were all on the same page.
I was a senior pastor at the age of 25. I knew enough to know that I knew less than people in my congregation who were in ministry longer than I had been alive. So I learned to say, “I really don’t know, but let me study up on it and get back to you.” It made me be a life-long learner.
A few months ago I was listening to a sermon encouraging me to ‘seek the Lord’ and I thought to myself, “Do I really know what that means?” I guess I always thought it meant “pray longer” maybe even “pray louder”. Of course it meant to fast – at least do a Daniel fast… I don’t think I’ve written about doing a Daniel fast on this blog yet.
Anyway, I decided I’d better do some research and figure out what the Bible says about seeking the Lord and I discovered I only knew part of the whole.
If we think we can just say, “I’m seeking God” we’re mistaken. If we think we can just pray more and find Him, we’re deceived. If we try to earn His favor in hopes we’ll get our ways, we’re going to be disappointed.
In another post we’ll look at why we should seek the Lord.
