Jeremiah 29:13 (NKJV) 13 And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.
Nothing can be found if it isn’t searched for diligently and persistently.
Sure, we can stumble onto something once in a while that is worthwhile. But if there’s something that we know is valuable and we really want to find it, we will expend a lot of energy to seek it out.
It’s this way with God. If we seek Him, we will find Him. If we don’t, then we won’t.
There are so many of us who long for a better walk with God… a closer relationship with Him. We see others who seem to have a great relationship with Him and we wish we had that same kind of relationship. We may even envy them.
We’re here to tell you today that we can all have that kind of strong, close relationship with Him. First and foremost, we have to want it. And then we have to go after it.
Nothing comes without work and effort. And this is true with relationships, whether it be with our spouse or with our Creator… our Redeemer. It takes work and deliberate effort to build our relationship with Him.
So, just as we will expend a lot of energy to seek after tangible things, so also we must expend energy to seek after the One who loved us enough to sacrifice His Son for us.
It’s really that simple. If we’re longing for a strong relationship, if we want to know Him intimately, we have to be willing to go after it. We have to be willing to search for Him with all our heart.
Proverbs 8:17 (NKJV) 17 I love those who love me, And those who seek me diligently will find me.
There are no shortcuts. There are no secret methods. No number of books that we read will make it happen for us. It takes good, old-fashioned hard work and deliberate effort to put it together.
Yes, that might sound discouraging to some. It might make it seem hard to find God and grow close to Him.
But the key to this is to take it one little step at a time, one day at a time. Don’t look too far ahead. Don’t try to look at the big picture and take it in all at once. Look at today, right here and right now.
Do what’s necessary to build that relationship today. Tomorrow, do what is necessary to build it tomorrow. And so on. One day at a time. And before you know it, you will be able to look back and see how far you’ve come!
It takes work. It takes time. And it takes effort.
And He’s worth every bit of it!
Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808
401-315-0902
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