Seeking God?

In the Psalms we're told that we lift up our hearts with our hands before God.

Jeremiah 29:11-14
11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.
12 Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.
13. And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.
14. I will be found by you, says the Lord

This is one of my favorite passages....so full of hope and promise, isn't it? The notations in my Bible has this to say about it as well....

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KINGDOM DYNAMICS
Seeking God and Spiritual Warfare, Faith's Warfare.
Throughout Scripture we find repeated references to God's people seeking after Him. Implied in these passages is a quest for God that includes a level of intensity beyond what might be termed ordinary prayer. The word "search" along with the phrase "with all your heart" suggests an earnestness that borders on desperation. The word "search" (Hebrew 'darash') suggests a "following after," or close pursuit of a desired objective; it also implies a diligence in the searching process. In II Chronicles 15:2, Azariah promises the Lord will be with His people if they "seek" (darash) after Him - another indicator of God's emphasis on intensity and diligence in prayer

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In the New Testament we see that Paul tells us that the effectual fervent prayer of the righteous man avails much. James 5:16

John tells us in I John 5:14,15
14Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.
15. And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him.

We have to seek Him, seek out His Word to understand His character, to KNOW what His will is. We have His will and testament left to us....His Word. Jesus is the executor of that will to us - He bought and paid for it with His own Blood, the New Covenant to us.

In the Gospels where the life of Jesus was noted, He told us repeatedly that if we've seen Him we've seen the Father, because He did nothing but what the Father led Him to do or say.

The life of Jesus is a marvelous display of WHO Father God is, and what His character is like and His heart towards humanity.

I invite you to SEEK Him.
There's a passage in Matthew 7:7,8 that tells us to:
7. Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
8. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.

The red lettering indicates that these are the words of Jesus.
He paid too big a price for us NOT to take advantage of such an offer, didn't He?

Father, I ask You to HELP US, come to You boldly. Help us to SEEK You in Your Word, and through prayer. Help us to have confidence in who You say You are, and what You say You can and want to do. Thank You for making Yourself known to us this day and for the rest of our lives. In the Name of Your Son, Jesus.