# Seek Day 1 > Come to Stillness: Take a few minutes to allow your mind and heart to be still before God. ### Opening Prayer: *Father, You alone know what lies before me this day. Grant that in every hour of it I may stay close to you. Let me today embark on no undertaking that is not in line with your will for my life, nor shrink from any sacrifice which your will may demand. For my Lord Christ’s Sake. Amen. (A Diary of Private Prayer by John Baillie)* #### Psalm for the Week: Psalm 24 #### The King of Glory #### A Psalm of David. *24 The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof,[a] the world and those who dwell therein,2 for he has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the rivers.3 Who shall ascend the hill of the Lord? And who shall stand in his holy place?4 He who has clean hands and a pure heart,who does not lift up his soul to what is false and does not swear deceitfully.5 He will receive blessing from the Lord and righteousness from the God of his salvation.6 Such is the generation of those who seek him, who seek the face of the God of Jacob.[b] Selah7 Lift up your heads, O gates!And be lifted up, O ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in.8 Who is this King of glory? The Lord, strong and mighty, the Lord, mighty in battle!9 Lift up your heads, O gates! And lift them up, O ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in.10 Who is this King of glory? The Lord of hosts,he is the King of glory! Selah* #### Scripture for the Day: Matthew 6:25-34 #### Do Not Be Anxious *25 “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? 26 Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? 27 And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life?[a] 28 And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, 29 yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? 31 Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.* *34 “Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.* #### Reading for Reflection: *We tend to use God instead of seek Him. We want God to do our bidding more than we want Him. (When the Pieces Don’t Fit by Glaphre Gilliland)* *When religion has said its last word, there is little that we need other than God Himself. The evil habit of seeking God-and effectively prevents us from finding God in full revelation. In the and lies our great woe. If we omit the and we shall soon find God, and in Him we shall find that for which we have all our lives been secretly longing. (The Pursuit of God by A.W. Tozer)* #### Reflection and Listening: silent and written #### Prayer: for the church, for others, for myself #### Song for the Week: Abide with Me *Abide with me; fast falls the eventide;* *The darkness deepens; Lord, with me abide:* *When other helpers fail and comforts flee,* *Help of the helpless, oh, abide with me.* *Thou on my head, in early youth didst smile;* *And, though rebellious, and perverse meanwhile,* *Thou hast not left me, oft as I left Thee,* *On to the close Lord, abide with me.* *Swift to its close ebbs out life’s little day;* *Earth’s joys grow dim, its glories pass away;* *Change and decay in all around I see—* *O Thou who changest not, abide with me.* *I need Thy presence every passing hour;* *What but Thy grace can foil the tempter’s pow’r?* *Who, like Thyself, my guide and stay can be?* *Through cloud and sunshine, Lord, abide with me.* *I fear no foe, with Thee at hand to bless;* *Ills have no weight, and tears no bitterness;* *Where is death’s sting? Where, grave, thy victory?* *I triumph still, if Thou abide with me.* *Hold Thou Thy cross before my closing eyes;* *Shine through the gloom and point me to the skies;* *Heav’n’s morning breaks, and earth’s vain shadows flee;In life, in death, O Lord, abide with me.* ### Closing Prayer *Lord, I am yours; I do yield myself up entirely to you, and I believe that you do take me. I leave myself with you. Work in me all the good pleasure of your will, and I will only lie still in your hands and trust you. Amen. (The Christian’s Secret of a Happy Life by Hannah Whitall Smith)* -------------------------