God Is Not Sought

"The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts."  Psalm 10:4.  Pride is an adversary of God.  God is sought with a humble spirit.  The one who seeks after God has a broken heart.  The heart that longs for communion with God understands a need for God because of sin.  Sin violates the nature of God.  The humble are dependent upon the mercy of God.   But, the wicked are not so.  Pride is the barrier that keeps them from seeking God.  The wicked are blind to their need for God.  Where God is not found is the place where wickedness thrives.  Pride fills one with only oneself and provides no room for anything or anyone.  Pride exalts the desires of oneself.  Pride establishes its own rules and becomes its own authority.  Pride does not acknowledge self-denial nor does it seek self control.  Pride trusts only self.  When God is not in the thoughts of a person, that person surrenders himself to his own lusts and his own will.  When God is not in the thoughts of a person, that person has no knowledge of right or wrong.  When God is not allowed to be in one's thoughts, darkness controls the soul and the life becomes empty of goodness.  When God is not in one's thoughts, wickedness is allowed to run rampant.  The devil incites pride so that God is not sought.  And where God is not, there is evil.