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*Life As It Should Be**Psalm 34*
*Intro:*
· @ How many times have you bought something with a little sign that says: *“Some assembly required.”*
o Open the box –a whole bunch of pieces come spilling out with an instruction manual on how to assemble your new purchase
o What do you do?
§ If you are a man — you ignore the manual!
o What is the result?
§ Often — you have a bunch of pieces left over
o What then?
§ “Well, those parts are either extra or aren’t really that important.”
§ Until you try to use what you have just assembled
· You find that it’s just not working the way it’s supposed to
· That may be a normal experience for men
o In spiritual reality — everyone’s natural inclination is to be manly
· *We’re talking about “Life As It Should Be”*
o Most people think they have a good idea of what that looks like
§ Spend energy on getting educated, connected, financed,
§ But then find that those things really don’t satisfy and they really don’t answer life’s big questions
o They find life is NOT working the way they thought it should
· *God, as the creator of your life, KNOWS how life should be*
o Psalm 34 demonstrates what that looks like
· 1-10 is the first section
o (1-3) — Think Right – Worship God
§ Worship is: Active
· Focussed on God
· Has the goal of causing Him to be exalted
o (4-7) — Do Right — Depend on God — in not, thinking gets stifled
o (8-10) — Feel Right — Experience God — The end result
· We’ve looked at Think Right
o Now we begin to look at Do Right – Depend on the Lord (4-7)
o *If you are depending on the Lord, you will:*
§ *Seek Him — Look to Him — Cry out to Him*
o This morning — Seek the Lord
I. Explanation of SEEKing
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Not hide and seek –
1. @ Running from place to place hoping to come across the object
B. Definition
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To seek with great care
2. To come back to the same place over and over
C. Illustration
1. @ Last few years at *Christmas* – *Penny* has learned that at least one *present* under the tree is hers.
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She sniffs around – pawing at different ones until she catches a whiff of treats or hears a squeak
3. From that point, there is no way of keeping her away from that present.
4. We move her away – but she comes right back.
Nothing will distract her from getting back to that present
*5.
**She seeks it out!*
D. Application
1.
If you understand the reality of worship
*a. **It will cause you to return over and over again to the Lord*
b.
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