Seek Him

DEVOTION

HEBREWS

SEEK HIM

Heb 11:5-6

5 By faith Enoch was taken from this life, so that he did not experience death; he could not be found, because God had taken him away. For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God. 6 And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.

NIV

Can you imagine all of a sudden just leaving earth and heading straight into the very presence of God? We should all be so blessed as to not have to experience death but to simply be taken from here as Enoch was. We know nothing about Enoch other than when he was 65 years old he had a son named Methuselah and that Enoch walked with for a total of 365 and then he was no more for God took him away. That is the extent of our knowledge about him, except the fact he pleased God, and as it says here, it is impossible to please God without faith. It would seem that we all have that kind of faith, that we believe God exists and that he rewards those of us who earnestly seek him. The question that begs to be asked is of course do we earnestly seek him. Surely we all believe He exists, otherwise we would not be attending a church that preaches we must be born again in order to enter the Kingdom of God. Surely we all have that kind of faith. But do we earnestly seek Him? What does that entail? How do we define earnestly? We must seek Him out, diligently search for Him, investigate, crave Him; these are all the implications of the original language. This could only mean that we have to search the scriptures thoroughly looking for every aspect of God. We need to spend time in conversation with Him, more time listening then talking. Sure He desires to hear our petitions, but how much greater we will know Him if we seek His voice, and listen to the Spirit speaking truth into our hearts and minds. In fact, these devotions are that very exercise, spending quite time listening, hearing the voice of God within and recording those thoughts. We all must seek after Him, spending our life in pursuit of Him. If we allow the things of this world to distract us, to engage us in such a manner that our focus is more on them than on God, we may well be neglectful of this seeking of Him, this pleasing Him, this kind of faith which caused God to simply take Enoch from this life without death. We need to engage our hearts and minds on the things of God fully, allowing the things of earth to grow strangely dim, in the light of His glory and grace. Let us turn our eyes upon Jesus. Let us seek Him.