Seek Me And You Will Find Me

Jeremiah 29:13; 1 Chronicles 16:11; Isaiah 55:6; Zephaniah 2:3; Proverbs 8:17; Psalm 27:8

Do you remember playing hide-and-go-seek as a child? I used to be pretty good at it. I could usually find some pretty unique places to hide. I was also patient enough to wait for just the right time to run back to home base, and I was pretty fast so I could usually get there before being tagged out.

As as parent I would play it with my kids, and then with the grand-kids as they came along. However, that is much different than playing with the neighborhood kids growing up. Back then I'd play for keeps. I would give it my all. But as a parent and grand-parent, you have a different goal in mind. You make it so that they can find you pretty easily and then you run just fast enough to stay barely out of their grasp. You want them to find you, and then you want them to keep chasing after you. If you get too far ahead they will give up, but if you stay just out of reach they will continue the pursuit.

Our Father God desires for us to chase after Him in such manner. Jeremiah 29:13 says "You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart." God wants us to find Him. He longs for us to continually pursue Him. To be sure, there are some things we will never understand about Him... at least this side of Heaven. But we can know Him more and more as we passionately pursue Him. So don't give up. He will make Himself known... if you search for Him "with all your heart."

Acts 17:27 (NASB) that they would seek God, if perhaps they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us;

Pastor Mike Deese