Are we Seeking diligently?

I love those who love me, and those who seek me diligently find me.

Proverbs 8:17 The Revised Standard Version

This is a great verse that hit me pretty hard this morning. The word that jumped off the page was diligently. You see I would think that for most of us we feel like we live a life that seeks Him, but when I read this this morning, meditated on it and took it in, I realized a scary thought. The definition of diligent means: constant in effort to accomplish something; attentive and persistent in doing anything. For me this is so important, with words like constant, attentive and persistent can we truly answer this with a wholehearted "yes"? I love the idea that we worship a God that makes himself so apparent in our lives yet we still find verses like this in scripture. My prayer is that as you read this you might take a moment and ask yourself, are you seeking Him diligently? I pray that even though it can be so easy at times to see Him that we never forget to seek Him diligently.