Seeking God Like a Lost Coin

In the Parable of the Lost Coin, the woman who discovers that she has lost one of her ten silver coins doesn’t just hope that the coin will be found. She diligently works at finding it. She lights a lamp and sweeps the house until she finds it (Luke 15:8-10). R. C. Sproul observes in Pleasing God that seeking God is not something that just happens: “It involves work. Persistent work. We do not sit back and wait for God to drop that which we…