1 Samuel 22:6 Now Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men who were with him. Saul was sitting at Gibeah under the tamarisk tree on the height with his spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing about him. And Saul said to his servants who stood about him, “Hear now, people of Benjamin; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, will he make you all commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds, that all of you have conspired against me? No one discloses to me when my son makes a covenant with the son of Jesse. None of you is sorry for me or discloses to me that my son has stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day.” Then answered Doeg the Edomite, who stood by the servants of Saul, “I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, and he inquired of the Lord for him and gave him provisions and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.”
Numbers 27:21 And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire for him
1 Samuel 28:6 And when Saul inquired of the LORD, the LORD did not answer him, either by dreams, or by Urim, or by prophets.
Joshua 9:14 So the men took some of their provisions, but did not ask counsel from the LORD.
In old testament times when you wanted to inquire of God you went to the Prophet and/or Priest, but now since the death and resurrection of Jesus, we can go before God ourselves. It is a privilege not a right. It is by His grace, mercy and love that has made a way for all mankind to have this privilege. This privilege begins with belief in Jesus Christ and His atonement for your sin. From this beginning there is a never ending opportunity to inquire and seek to know and understand God’s perfect will and how to humbly honor, glorify, worship, praise, follow, and obey Him. It means we choose to inquire and seek God before our day begins, throughout the day, and at days end. Why do some christians inquire of God before making decision, taking action, or making proper communication and others do not? Inquiring of God in our daily life is directly proportional to our heart, mind, and soul’s desire to seek, know, serve, honor, follow, and obey Him. It is a deliberate act of will to surrender self to the will of God. It places God’s will first.
Tozer “Pursuit of God”: How tragic that we in this current day are having our seeking of God done by our teachers. Everything is made to center upon the initial act of accepting Christ and we are not expected to crave any further revelation of God to our souls. We have been snared in the coils of foolish logic that insists that if we have found Him, we need no more seek Him. The lack of deliberately seeking and desiring God has brought us to a very shallow understanding and speaks of complacency and neglect so prevalent in the church today.
We will never find God and the peace and purpose we seek in our lives by the seeking of God by others. It is sad that many live no active seeking for God on their own. It is sad that many seek only after that which satisfies self. Do not allow yourself to become satisfied with where you are at in your understanding and knowledge of God. Thirst after and desire Him more and more. Stay in His word with a desire and seeking that wants to humbly serve, honor, glorify, worship, follow, rely on, cling to, trust in, and obey Him more and more each day. Remember this; God is forced out of the heart that allows other things to enter and take residence.
