Seeking God

Good Morning,

Jeremiah 29:13 (NIV)
You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.

I'm sure that I'm not the only person who has heard people complain and grumble that they don't seem to have God in their lives. And I'm also sure that I'm not the only person who has observed others who obviously don't have God in their lives, even though they might not mention or admit it.

So, what's the answer for those folks? I would contend that the answer is as simple as today's verse of Scripture. God is seeking to come into the lives of people who truly and wholeheartedly want Him in their lives. Just as God told the Israelites of thousands of years ago to seek Him with all there hearts, He also speaks these same words to us, today, right now.

The problem, as I see it, is the fact that many of us...even those who profess a devout Christianity...don't really seek God with ALL of their hearts. For too many people it's sort of a "half hearted" pursuit of God in their lives. Yes, during the weekend worship services or at a home group Bible study people will cry out for God to come into their lives. But, when the next day dawns, they go back to living their lives as they've always done and doing nothing different at all...and, they forget about seeking God with all their hearts.

You see, seeking God and asking His presence in our lives is not just a "weekend" sort of activity. This isn't something that we do when we "feel good" during worship, and then just go back to living as we've always done. No, seeking God with ALL our hearts means that we seek Him daily...and even every hour of every day. We seek Him by reading the Bible. We seek Him by prayer. We seek Him by confessing our sins, repenting of them, and changing our lives. We seek Him by loving one another, just as He loves us. We seek Him by being obedient to His commands. We seek Him, with all our hearts, by giving our lives over to Him in all that we do.

Now, from time to time, we will all feel sort of abandoned by God, I'm sure. There are days when we feel that we simply cannot find God in our lives. That, my friends, is when we really have to remember that it's on us, our responsibility, to seek Him.

"With all your heart."

Love, peace, and blessings,

David