Seeking The Lord

Ζητήσατε τὸν Κύριον καὶ κραταιώθητε· ζητήσατε τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ διαπαντός. Τί ἐστι τὸ ζητεῖν τὸν Κύριον; τὸ τὰ ἐκείνου φρονεῖν, τὸ ἀεὶ αὐτὸν λογίζεσθαι, τὸ ἀεὶ ἐν διανοίᾳ ἔχειν, τὸ μηδέποτε παύεσθαι ὁμιλοῦντα αὐτῷ διὰ τῆς προσευχῆς καὶ τῶν ἀγαθῶν πράξεων. Ἄμαχοι δὲ οἱ ζητοῦντες ἔσονται καὶ ἀήττητοι. Παρορμήσας μέντοι ὁ λόγος τοὺς τῶν ἐθνῶν κήρυκας ἐπὶ τὸ προθύμως ἐκζητῆσαι τὸν Κύριον, ἔτι μᾶλλον αὐτοὺς ἐπιῥῥώννυσι λέγων, Κραταιώθητε, τουτέστι, Μὴ χαυνοῦσθε εἰς τὸ ζητεῖν αὐτον. Τοῦτο δὲ προσφωνεῖ αὐτοῖς, ὡς δεομένοις κράτους καὶ δυνάμεως εἰς τὸ ἰσχῦσαι τὸ προστεταγμένον ποιῆσαι· ὅπερ ἧν τὸ ἔθνεσι κηρύξαι, Ἔλλησί τε καὶ βαρβάποις, κατὰ τὸ, Κύριος δώσει ῥῆμα τοῖς εὐαγγελιζομένοις δυνὰμει πολλῇ. Διδάσκων δὲ πῶς δεῖ τὸ ζητεῖν ποιεῖν, καὶ ὅτι οὐχ ἅπαξ ἢ δὶς, ἀλλὰ παρὰ πάντα τὸν βίον τὴν ἄνωθεν ἐπικουρίαν προσήκει ζητεῖν καὶ τὴν ὠφέλειαν καρποῦσθαι, ἐπήγαγε· ζητήσατε τὸ πρόσθπον αὐτοῦ διαπαντός· οὐ τρίτον τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ, κατὰ τὸν ὑπὸ Μωῦσέως δοθέντα νόμον ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ φαινόμενοι, ἀλλὰ παρὰ πάντα τὸν βίον. Εὐσέβιος ὁ Καισάρειος, Ὑπομνηματα Ἐις Τους ψαλμους. ψαλμος ΡΔ'

Seek the Lord and be strengthened, seek His face always. 1 What is it to seek the Lord? To think the things of Him, to think of Him always, to always have Him in one's mind, never ceasing to associate with Him in prayer and good works. And they who seek Him shall be unconquerable and invincible. When, therefore, the word of the preacher of the peoples exhorts that the Lord be sought with zeal, as encouragement, he says, 'Be strengthened', that is, do not weary in your deed of seeking. And He also speaks to those who are lacking in strength and virtue, that He shall strengthen those to whom it is commanded to do this, as it was preached to the Gentiles, Greek and Barbarian, according to which, 'The Lord shall give a word of much virtue to the evangelized.' 2 And he teaches in what manner one should seek Him, that it should not be only once or twice, but through one's whole life one's work to seek the supernal help, and to seize on profit there. The line then reads, 'Seek his face always.' Not that three times a year, as is relayed in the law of Moses, one should come into His sight, 3 but all through one's life.  Eusebius of Caesarea, Commentary on the Psalms, from Psalm 104 1 Ps 104.4 2 Ps 67.12 3 Exod 34.23, Deut 16.16