Many people know what they are looking for, but don’t know how to get it. As a result, it has become an unending search for them. But the Psalmist said:
The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing. (Psalm 34:10)
The young lion refers to the children of the mighty, men of timber and caliber. They lack and suffer hunger, but they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing. That means good success is rooted in one thing – seeking the Lord.
There is the story of a young man recorded in 2 Chronicles 26, who began to reign in Israel at age 16, and recorded outstanding success: his kingdom blossomed; he stood out, standing above all. But his secret is found in his story.
Read 2 Chronicles 26:3-5
As long as he sought the Lord, God made him to prosper. By seeking the Lord, he contacted and connected with the help of God. God helped him, and by that help, the Bible says in verse 8, And the Ammonites gave gifts to Uzziah: and his name spread abroad even to the entering in of Egypt: for he strengthened himself exceedingly. So seeking the Lord strengthens and establishes great destinies.
Read 2 Chronicles 26:9-15
He sought God, and he built towers in Jerusalem, he built towers in the desert, he dug many wells, and made engines! People don’t know the worth of seeking God, that’s why they are stranded! The young lions may suffer want and hunger, but they that seek the Lord in truth shall not lack any good thing, including good success, which includes having all their needs supernaturally met.
Uzziah exemplifies the value and virtue of seeking after God in truth and in deed. Without a heart for God, you don’t have a mark on the earth. Therefore, in the school of success, seeking God in truth is a principal factor; genuinely seeking God is a gateway to good success. They that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing!
Jesus, speaking in Matthew 6, said(read from your Bible)
The kind of success we are talking about is divine enablement; it is having the finger of God in a man’s life. So, what we should do is to qualify for the finger of God in our lives, and we would never need to struggle for things to work. Things will be working at God’s instance.
I have heard from God that the battle is not to the strong, neither the race to the swift, nor yet favour to men of skill (Ecclesiastes 9:11). Until you connect with God, the journey of life is never great. It is your connection with the great God that makes the journey great. Romans 9:16 says, So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy. Also in 1 Samuel 2:9, For by strength shall no man prevail. Psalm 127:1-2 says, Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.
Many are labouring in vain, because they have not connected with the Builder. For every house is builded by some man; but he that built all things is God (Hebrews 3:4). He that built all things is God. Only what God builds ever gets built. Our effort to build great businesses will be labouring in futility, except God’s hand is there. It is written in the Bible that Without me ye can do nothing (John 15:15).
We need to genuinely seek after God to fulfil our destinies in grand style. For God to secure our great destinies on earth, we need a great heart for Him. Great destinies do not come out of struggles; they are products of proper alignment, standing at proper angle to Jesus Christ, the Sun of righteousness.
Seeking God makes all the difference. The reason we are living sickly lives is because we are not properly aligned. If a boy of sixteen could align himself to secure an enviable success, the choice is in our hands. At the age of 16, Uzziah located this truth, put himself on the line, and for 52 years he was the brightest of all kings that Israel ever had.
Any good thing includes having all our needs met. Seeking God in truth makes the journey of life swift and sweet. We enjoy unusual progress, and the result is ever sweet.
This demand for proper alignment must not be pursued with our mouth only; It is what must be done with our lives. When we seek Him with the whole of our hearts, we will find Him.
shalom!
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Jesus is Lord