Matthew 6:33 - SEEK

SEEK

“But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.”

Matthew 6:33

The next few devotionals will be a mini-series focused on one scripture. They will build on each other each week. We will seek to break down the verse word by word, phrase by phrase to hopefully get a better understanding on what God wants to show us and teach us. This is probably one of the most quoted scriptures in the New Testament and you will see why. Let’s go ahead and take a closer look.

The first part of the scripture gives us the command to seek. Before we worry about what we are seeking, let’s analyze what it even means to seek. According to lexicon definition, it means [i] “to seek [in order to find out] by thinking, meditating, reasoning, to enquire into. “ When you are seeking, you are hoping to find something. In sports, we seek to obtain knowledge of the game, skill to beat an opponent, or abilities to reach certain goals. We might think, meditate, or reason about different ways to find what we are seeking. We do all of this with the expectation that we will eventually find what we are looking for. Would you seek something you expect not to find? Seeking shows faith and hope that there is something or someone that you can find.

Seek refers to the eyes. Wherever your eyes are fixed upon that is what you are really seeking. Where are your eyes focused? What is it you are seeing? After the eyes focus on something then your mind decides the rationale behind it and your heart agrees with the motive then the rest of your body follows.
Seeking refers to being proactive and movement. It means initiating going from one place to discover another. You cannot sit still and expect to really reach the goal you are seeking for.

Now we understand a little more what seeking means. The next question is: “What do we seek?” Do we seek Christ or the world? His kingdom or our kingdom? His will or our will? Each of us can test what we are really seeking. Consider the following two questions: What are your eyes fixed upon? Where do you spend most of your time and money? These two questions typically reveal to us what we are really seeking. God calls us to seek. But who or what is our decision?

What are you seeking in sports and life? What are your goals? What are your eyes fixed upon?
Where do you spend most of you time and money?
i Retrieved from http://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm? Strongs=G2212&t=KJV