"Now set your heart and your soul to seek the Lord your God..."
1 Chronicles 22:19

For the last few weeks we have been looking into Scripture concerning our
pressing on to know the Lord in a greater measure in this year of 2006. And,
as we have seen, Scripture has much to say about this very thing both in the
Old and New Testaments. Looking at our opening verse let us make it our
choice to commit our whole heart and soul to the Lord.

We are not left to wonder how this is done -- Scripture tells us that we do
so:
In love:
"And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your
soul and with all your might." Deuteronomy 6:5
And Jesus says in Matthew 22:37,
"...You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your
soul, and with all your mind." and then He says in verse 28,
"This is the great and foremost commandment."

In obedience:
"How blessed are those who observe His testimonies,
Who seek Him with all their heart.
They also do no unrighteousness;
They walk in His ways." Psalm 119:2-3
(Verse 3 in the Amplified Bible says,
"Yes, they do no unrighteousness [no willful wandering from His precepts];
they walk in His ways.")

In trust:
"Lean on, trust in, and be confident in the Lord with all your heart and
mind and do not rely on your own insight or understanding." Proverbs 3:5
The Amplified Bible

"Commit your way to the Lord,
Trust also in Him, and He will do it." Psalm 37:5

In prayer:
"'And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your
heart. And I will be found by you..." Jeremiah 29 13-14

In repentance:
"...'Return to Me with all your heart,
And with fasting, weeping, and mourning;
And rend your heart and not your garments.' Joel 2:12-13

The Apostle Paul appeals to the church in Romans 12:1,
"I appeal to you therefore, brethren, and beg of you in view of [all] the
mercies of God, to make a decisive dedication of your bodies [presenting all
your members and faculties] as a living sacrifice, holy (devoted,
consecrated) and well pleasing to God, which is your reasonable (rational,
intelligent) service and spiritual worship." The Amplified Bible

And in 2 Timothy 2:22,
"Now flee from youthful lusts, and pursue righteousness, faith, love and
peace, with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart."

So then let us commit our selves in love, in obedience, in trust, in prayer
and in repentance with our whole beings to Christ our Lord. And let us
worship Him with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs from hearts filled with
thanksgiving. He is the Holy One, praise His name forever. Amen