Psalm 34:10 “The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing.”
DAILY READING; • Romans 2:1-3:8; 1 Samuel 10:17-11:15; Psalm 56
In 2010, an 80 years old American millionaire named Forrest Fenn, announced that he had hidden a gold chest worth an estimated $1 million in the Rocky Mountains around New Mexico. He then published a memoir titled “The Thrill of the Chase” in which he gave clues that could lead people to the discovery of this chest of gold.
When Newsweek magazine published an article about Forrest Fenn’s hidden gold, it further publicized this modern-day treasure hunt causing tens of thousands of people to join the search.
For ten years this intense search continued, yet no one could find the location of Fenn’s treasure.
Some people became so obsessed about finding the hidden gold chest, that they sold everything they owned and moved to New Mexico to be closer to the search area. Others spent thousands of dollars in travelling to the region to find the gold chest.
Many treasure hunters spent sleepless nights either on Google Earth, researching online or reading Fenn’s book again for clues.
For a few others, the hunt eventually cost them their lives, as in the course of the search in the wilderness, about five people died in different accidents.
Finally in July 2020, a medical student named Jack Stuef found the treasure in the forest, where it had been almost covered by leaves and debris.
For Forrest Fenn, now 90 years old, it seemed the end of the search for the gold also meant the end of the road, as he died just two months later on September 7, 2020.
For ten years, people spent money, efforts and even risked their lives all for the remote possibility of finding a chest of gold.
Such is gold fever, such is men’s thirst and quest for riches.
All over the world many people are hotly in pursuit of earthly treasures, while only few are in pursuit of God.
Yet, the pursuit of God is the secret card to finding life’s greatest treasures. It is when we first seek God’s kingdom and His righteousness, that every other thing, including gold, is added unto us. (Matt. 6:33).
According to Psalm 112:1-3, wealth and riches are found in the house of the man that fears the LORD, and delights greatly in his commandments.
It is therefore the depth of our pursuit of God that determines the weight of treasures we find in life. Indeed they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing! [Psalm 34:10]
When our hearts desperately pant after God, He will see to it that we receive far more than gold. He will give to us the anointing and power that will achieve for us what money cannot buy.
The sicknesses and demonic oppressions that money cannot solve, will be conquered by the power of God at work in our lives. Certainly, according to His power at work in us, God will do for us exceeding abundantly above all that we can ask, think or imagine. [Ephesians 3:20].
As we seek God in this season of fasting let us be assured of great rewards. Launching into the search for a deeper relationship with God, will cause us to experience wonders. When we seek God and find Him, He will teach us to profit and open to us the treasures and hidden riches of secret places (Isaiah 45:3).
Let us therefore today make the decision to engage in a fervent search for God. Let us get into the depth of the Word, prayers and deep worship. Truly God is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him and He has not called the sons of Jacob to seek Him in vain.
Certainly, we can never seek God first and come last in life because God honors those that honor Him.
PRAYER: Lord, please help me to make seeking You my greatest priority in life. Please, grant me the grace to always seek first Your kingdom and righteousness, so that every good thing of life shall be added unto me in Jesus Name..
QUOTE;
Everything that ultimately has a glorious ending usually has a humble beginning. – WORDBITE 222.