The
young lions lack and suffer hunger;
But those who seek the LORD shall not lack any good thing.
But those who seek the LORD shall not lack any good thing.
How many would agree that to take on a young lion
would be a deadly mistake…unless you were David of the OT. But to take on a
lacking and hungry young lion would mean certain death unless the Lord
intervened. Here in this verse He is saying a young lion as powerful as it can
be will suffer lack and hunger. But those who seek Me will not suffer any good thing.
I wanted to tell you this morning it doesn’t matter
what you are up against. It may seem like you are about to be devoured and you
are helpless to defend yourself, but the Lord is saying this morning if you
will seek Him you will not lack what you need to avoid being devoured by what
may seem like a helpless situation.
How do you seek the Lord? Well the word seek here
in this verse means several different things. Some of the meanings are:
-to
resort to, seek, seek with care, enquire, require
-to
resort to, frequent (a place), (tread a place)
-to
seek deity (God) in prayer and worship
-to
investigate, enquire
-to
practice, study, follow, seek with application
-to
seek with care, care for
-to
allow oneself to be enquired of, consulted (only of God)
-to
be sought, be sought out
Basically, to seek in this verse means this, “To
rub, to beat, to tread, to trample with feet; to tread or to beat a path” Wow.
So we are to seek the Lord to the degree that we wear a path to Him because we
have gone to Him so frequently. Like when a path is worn in grass when you walk
across it repeatedly. We should seek the Lord so much that a path can be seen
to Him from us.
This is His promise to you if you will seek Him
this way…You
Shall Not Lack Any Good Thing.
The great thing is He already made a path for us to follow.
Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.
For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin.
Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
May the Lord keep you and bless you,
The Lord make His face to shine upon you,
And be gracious to you;
The Lord lift up His countenance upon you,
And give you peace. Amen
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