“Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek Him with the whole heart.” Psalm 119:2

How do you seek the LORD? This is a question I had to ask myself after reading Psalm 119:2: “Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek Him with the whole heart.”

It is so easy to seek the LORD half-heartedly or, to be honest with you, with even a smaller portion of the heart than that. We want the LORD and His forgiveness and a place in His eternal kingdom, but our hearts desire and seek after other things in this world.

Thus, we spend little time in His Word, are not always eager to worship and pray, are hesitant to tell others of Christ Jesus, are not ready to submit to all that the Bible teaches, etc., etc., etc.

Upon examining my own heart, I was moved to pray the words of Psalm 51 and especially verse 10: “Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.”

Perhaps you too may want to examine your hearts.

Thank God that Jesus sought us out with all His heart and even gave His life upon the cross to redeem us and cleanse us from our sin! He wholeheartedly gave Himself for us that we might have forgiveness and life through faith in His name.

“Create in me a new heart, Lord, that gladly I obey Thy Word and naught but what Thou wilt, desire; with such new life my soul inspire. Grant that I only Thee may love and seek those things which are above till I behold Thee face to face, O Light eternal, through Thy grace” (The Lutheran Hymnal, #398).