Seek The Lord

Tuesday February 3, 2026

 Seek the Lord.  Let us not discount that instruction, to seek the Lord.  Are you struggling right now spiritually?  Are you in possibly one of the darkest, joyless, and most discouraging times of life – or at least, does it feel that way?  Do fears seem to overtake you? Do troubles seem to be everywhere you turn? If this is true for you, then the instructions in God’s Word is to seek the Lord.  The tendency in the darkest of times is to do something to get your mind off the pain.  The tendency is to distract your mind from the pain, even if just for a little while, to make it through the day.  Then, tomorrow, repeat the same process until a more joyful time comes. This distraction can take all forms: some turn to drinking, some turn to television, some turn to social media, and others might turn to food.  These are just some examples, but maybe it is something different for you.  Also, during these times, reading the Bible and going to church can be the furthest thing from your mind – the thought may even seem burdensome to you.  This morning, we read the psalmist say, “I sought the Lord, and He answered me and rescued me from all my fears” (Psalm 34:4). How about right now, just stopping what you are doing, and think about the fears and the weight of all of the decisions and circumstances that are surrounding you.  Tell the Lord.  He wants to hear from you because bringing them to Him is a sign that you trust Him with them.  Maybe you would not classify your issues as fears, but troubles that you are currently facing.  Listen to the psalmist just a couple of verses further down, “The poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and saved him from all his troubles” (Psalm 34:6).  Are you troubled right now?  Really think about those troubles, even write them down if there are many, and then cry out to the Lord.  He wants to hear from you because crying out to Him about them is a sign that you trust Him with them.  Now, the psalmist did not say that God made the poor man rich.  I think we just assume that the poor man’s troubles were that he had no money.  I believe the poor man is used because he is the most likely to turn to the Lord in troubles because he has no other means to distract himself or, somehow, address the symptoms of his troubles with money or resources.  Lastly, notice the common theme in both, the word “all”.  One was rescued from “all” his fears and the other was saved from “all” his troubles.  There is not a fear or trouble you can’t bring to God.  The psalmist then says, “The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear him,  and rescues them” (Psalm 34:7).  One indication that you fear the Lord is that you turn to Him in prayer, seeking Him, in times of fear and trouble.