If You Seek Him

If You Seek Him

The Lord is with you while you are with Him. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.
2 Chronicles 15:2

Our response to God greatly determines His presence in our lives. If we seek God with all our hearts, then we will find Him (Jeremiah 29:13-14). The Lord wants us to have fellowship with us, but He will never force a relationship a relationship upon us.

We cannot reject fellowship with God and expect Him to remain near. He does not merely follow us throughout our day in case we need His assistance. If we continue to forsake Him, a time will come when we desperately need Him and He will not be near (Isaiah 59:1-2).

It is an affront to a sovereign God to treat Him like a servant who should wait upon us. God will relate to us on HIS terms, not ours. God desires a close walk with us. He will make His presence real and personal if that is our desire.

If we repent of our sin and seek God on HIS terms, we can look forward to intimate fellowship with Him (James 4:8-10). We are to continually seek Him, not content to enter a new day without the assurance that God is walking beside us.

Do you say you want to experience God's presence while your actions reveal otherwise? If you say you want to know God better but neglect studying His Word, are you truly seeking Him? Have you regularly forsaken the place of prayer? If your actions reveal you are genuinely seeking God, then He promises you will find Him! -- Dr. Henry Blackaby -- Experiencing God -- The Devotional

Digging Deeper: Proverbs 3; Psalm 140-142; 1 Corinthians 14:1-20

Dig This Quote: There are things God wants you to do, and you are a split-second decision away from either walking into the will of God or shrinking back in fear. Cathy Lechner

Determined Digging: Level 1 - Jeremiah 33:3; Level 2 Psalm 128:1-5

Determined Praying: Satan will let you witness if you just don't pray because He knows that prayer moves the heart of God, that prayer is the realm in which God works behind the scenes, Satan opposes Godward prayer, and he opposes you personally. Pastor Michael Catt