Jeremiah 29:13

You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart ~ Jeremiah 29:13

This of course, was spoken to a people who were captives of Babylon, and it was a promise that if the people would seek God with their heart, He would be found. I suppose the question for us today is, what is oppressing us and leading us away from truly seeking God with our whole heart? There are many distractions around us today which keep us from searching for God. We live in a busy and fast paced world, a very secular world, which calls us to keep busy in its activities. There are many today who seek after spirituality, but that spirituality is not based on the theology of a Creator God, but upon the inner "god" of each. There are many today who seek after truth, but again, that truth is based on what is right for that individual, and I find truth in today's world is distorted and misinformed, led away from God's ultimate truth. Yet, this world and people say that what they have found is indeed truth, though it is not what is written in the Word of God which has stood the test of time, the test of morality, the test of sociology. Matthew 6:33 ESV in Jesus' words say, "But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you." In Matthew 7:7-12 ESV He says to us:
“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. Or which one of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent? If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!"
If you are on a search today, the only one to go to for answers is our Lord and God. Jesus wants to be found! Jesus wants you to come to Him today, seeking His answers, seeking His purpose, seeking the gifts He has to give you! Do not delay, but come in prayer and seek the One who died for you!
Devotion by Pastor Julia

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