Seek the Lord and You Shall Find Him
- Baptist Daily Devotional
- Oct 14
- 3 min read
Rev. Tse Amable | October 14 2025 | Acts 17:22-31
KEY VERSE: “God did this so that men would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us” (Acts 17:27, NIV)
MESSAGE:
One of the foundational truths which Jesus Christ taught in the Sermon on the Mount is “SEEK AND YOU SHALL FIND” (Matthew 7:7). This truth applies to seeking the Lord. Human beings will always spend time, money, and energy seeking the things that are important to them. People spend fortunes seeking pleasure, fame, health, and other things. Jesus Christ spoke the parable of the lost coin in which a woman who lost one of her silver coins lit a lamp, swept the house and searched carefully until she found it (Luke 15:8). In today’s key verse, Apostle Paul proclaimed to the Areopagus that the Lord would have us seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him. Centuries before Jesus Christ entered our universe, Jehovah spoke through Prophet Isaiah, “Seek the LORD while he may be found; call on him while he is near” (Isaiah 55:6, NIV). Again, the Lord spoke through Prophet Jeremiah, “And ye SHALL seek me, and find me, when ye SHALL search for me with all your heart” (Jeremiah 29:13 KJV). Note that the Lord used “SHALL”, which makes seeking the Lord obligatory, not optional. The good news is that the Lord makes it easy for us to seek Him so that we can find Him. Apostle Paul said God “IS NOT FAR FROM EACH ONE OF US”. He sent his Son to live here among us, and the Son said, “Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father” (John 14:9 NIV). Today, God is very near to us in the scriptures and the sermons we hear week after week. Hear the word of the Lord: “HE WHO SEEKS FINDS” (Matthew 7:8). Therefore, seek the Lord with all your heart while he may be found.
FEET AND HANDS FOR THE MESSAGE:
The Psalmist says, “AS THE DEER PANTS FOR STREAMS OF WATER, SO MY SOUL PANTS FOR YOU, O GOD” (Psalms 42:1 NIV). Do you have a thirst for God? SEEK HIM AND YOU SHALL FIND HIM. How do you make it easy for seekers to find the Lord? The Bible says you are God’s letter, known and read by everyone (2 Corinthians 3:2). Therefore, live a righteous life, which can help lost souls seeking God to find Him. PRAYER:
Father, I thank you that in Jesus Christ and in the gospel of salvation by faith, you made it easy for us to find you. Help me live my life in a way that will point a lost soul earnestly seeking you to find you. I pray in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen!
THERE SHALL BE SHOWERS OF BLESSING.
SHOWERS! BLESSINGS!!
The 365 DAILY BIBLE READING
DAILY word study: SEEK
The word seek in Acts 17:27 comes from the Greek word zēteō, which means “to look for, to search diligently, or to desire earnestly.” It carries the sense of pursuing something of great value.
To seek God means more than curiosity—it is a deliberate pursuit driven by desire and devotion. It involves prayer, reflection, obedience, and surrender. God wants to be found, but only by those who truly desire Him. Seeking God transforms us; it changes our focus from worldly things to spiritual things.
Reflect on this:
Are you seeking God because you need something from Him, or because you long to know Him?
Comments