Seek Ye First

Seek ye first, the kingdom of God and his righteousness.  And all these things shall be added unto you.  Alleluia

Man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.  Alleluia

Ask and it shall be given unto you.  Seek and ye shall find. Knock and the door shall be opened unto you.  Alleluia

Matthew 6: 33

Today is the last day I will be in my home of 15 years.  The home that George and I created to be warm and inviting.  Yet, no one yet has claimed it to be their forever home. 

A song just came on my playlist, “Seek Ye First”.  I had to stop in my tracks.  As I listened to the song, the words, I was taken back to life in 1994 when Mike and I were about to purchase our first home.  I listened and prayed on these words for weeks.  We were trying to get all our finances lined up and I’d applied for taking out my 401K for the down-payment.  We were still awaiting news that the money would transfer on time.  I was listening to this song when the call came in that the money was ready and we could close on our transaction.  What a glorious day that was! 

Here I am, some 28 years later, leaving what I thought would be my forever, happily ever after home and embarking on yet another adventure to search for my next (and hopefully last) forever home.  Hearing this song brought back all the memories of waiting patiently, wanting to move forward yet stuck until we got word that funding was available.  That’s pretty much what is happening today.  Needing to be patient and wait for “funding” to happen so I can close on a new home for me. 

I know that God is here – that God is watching over me.  I want to impose my will on Him.  Selfish, I know.  I don’t like the inconveniences that come from being “in between” spaces.  In between one home and another, one life and another.  Waiting requires so much patience.  While I am a patient person, even I have my limits of what is deemed acceptable.

Yet, God sent me a song, a sign, that if I seek Him first, and ask Him – then he will find me the place I should be.  If I knock, the door will open.  Someday I will inherit His kingdom, the ultimate forever home. 

Please, dear God, I am seeking, asking and knocking today.  Find me a place to live where I can continue to serve You and serve those around me until it is time for me to enter Your Kingdom.