The works of the Lord are great, studied by all who have pleasure in them. His work is honorable and glorious, and His righteousness endures forever. (Psalm 111:2-3)

In the previous devotion, we emphasized the distinction between those who seek for God and those who do not. Those who are searching for God are able to find Him, just as He promised: “You will find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart” (Jeremiah 29:13). That being so, what about those who are not seeking for God? Are those who have no desire to search for Him assured of finding Him? In other words, does one find, if he does not seek? Is the door opened to someone who doesn’t knock?

Obviously, we should never try to put God in a box and say He can’t do something that goes against our understanding but, at the same time, we are told in Scripture that He reveals Himself to those who look for Him. As it is written: “It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, but the glory of kings is to search out a matter” (Proverbs 25:2). Just looking at the surface of the text tells us that God does, indeed, conceal things — but not that they are unsearchable. To the contrary, that which He conceals lies waiting to be discovered by those who are hungry enough to search for them.

The word translated as “conceal” is סוד sod — the same word used by the psalmist in previous verses to describe the upright. Perhaps we should relate the idea this way: God doesn’t leave precious pearls lying around on the ground’s surface just to be trampled underfoot by those who have no regard for what is sacred. No, His treasures are reserved for those who love Him, who love His ways and who have respect for what is near and dear to Him.

That said, what of those who are not seeking, including those who may not even be aware that they should be seeking? Are we to abandon them to their ignorance. Of course not. Those who have found this “hidden treasure” and abandoned all to possess it have an obligation to share the good news with others. We may not be able to satisfy their intellectual needs necessarily, but because we have embraced these “unsearchable riches,” we have the ability to “make all see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the ages has been hidden in God who created all things” (Ephesians 3:9). In other words, let us be salt and light, and let us proclaim the praises of Him who has called us out darkness, that His works are great, glorious and available to all who desire them.

Blessings and Shalom,  

Bill