Seeking Joy

Down in My Heart Kind of Joy
Lesson 3
Seek Joy

We have established that being in God’s presence produces joy. Just like any other positive outcome, now I will have a desire to actively seek God’s presence because I want it! Beth Moore says all the time, “There ain’t no high, like the Most High!” And unlike anything else I can pursue, this comes with satisfying promises.

Read Psalm 70:4.

Remember that God promises that He will be found by those who seek Him. This is a promise that we find evidence of over and over in Scripture. Even when the soldiers were seeking Jesus to arrest Him, He was found. Here is a familiar verse in the New Living Translation.

Matthew 7:7-8 Keep on asking, and you will be given what you ask for. Keep on looking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened. For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And the door is opened to
everyone who knocks. (NLT)

Don’t quit! Keep on searching for Him. Keep on reading His Word. Keep on talking with Him in prayer. Keep on knowing Him in your situation. He is not trying to play hard to get. He wants to be found! Look what else we find when we seek Him.

Read Psalm 105:4.

When I seek Him, I will find Him and spending time with Him gives me joy—His strength. (Strength—hold this thought for lesson 12)

Read Psalm 9:10.

When I get to know Him, it builds my trust in Him. I love the promise that He will not abandon me!

Psalm 119:143 As pressure and
stress bear down on me, I find joy in Your commands. (NLT)

During stressful times it is tempting to not spend time with God because other things steal my time, and it shows by the lack of joy. When I am stressed, look for joy in Him! Keep on seeking Him!

Psalm 40:16 But may all who
search for You be filled with joy and gladness in You. May those who love
Your salvation repeatedly shout, “The Lord is great!” (NLT)

I want to claim the blessing of joy and gladness in the Lord in Psalm 40:16 and repeatedly shout “The Lord is great!” So I will actively seek God’s presence—His joy, strength, and security.


Heart questions:
What am I seeking?




What am I finding?