No Work, No Prize

Hebrews 11:6

“But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.”

To Diligently seek God means to do so in a way that shows your care and conscientiousness in your responsibilities toward Him.

In our previous post “What Is Faith” we talked about what faith is and what it is not. In this post we are going to discuss how important it is for every believer.

Hebrews tells the we need faith just to be able to please God. Why? Because we MUST believe that God is.

By definition Is, third person singular present of be.

Which basically means an ever present state of to exist or live.

God is ALWAYS here and alive and very real.

In order to come to God, it must be settled in our heart that God Is real, alive, exists, etc. This requires faith. Faith in his word (Bible). Faith in the experiences you have had with God. It is more than moving based on what you have heard others say or do, or more than what you may have seen. Faith is true, deep, and abiding trust in God.

Once you come to this realization, the next step in pleasing him is to understand our walk with God is full of rewards. God rewards those who are willing to do his will (faith without works is dead), by seeking him.

Pleasing God should be the goal of every believer. We should wake up with this desire. We should structure our lives around this goal. As we lay down at night, we should repent if we failed in reaching this goal, and ask for guidance so we don’t make the same mistakes the next day.

To Seek is to attempt to find; to ask for something from someone.

When we diligently seek God, we do so in a way that shows care and conscientiousness in our love and duty towards him. This is an act of worship. We acknowledge God for who he is, we thoughtfully and prayerfully honor him by doing what he has called us to do. This is faith and works in action. This is how we please him.

God is calling us all to a deeper level in him. It will require our full and whole hearted participation to get there. We must diligently seek him, and receive our reward.

You might be feeling that pull of God. Or you might be in the place where there is a void that only God can feel. In either case, the answer is the same – Diligently seek God. Be faithful in doing what God has called you to. Spend time in his word to know him better. Talk with him, ask for what you need, but do not let your wants supersede his will.

Remember, God is a rewarder of those that seek him. He wants to give you what you need. He is just waiting for you to ask. He is waiting for you to seek him.

God is calling you deeper. It is up you to accept the call, and do what is necessary to please him.