Jeremiah 29:13 13 "You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart."
Yesterday- placing my relationship with God as the preeminent desire in my life. Today- seeking God with all my heart. Seeing a pattern develop here.
Today's verse came from a random online devotional I found after a Google search. The OT passage revolved around a message God sent his people who were in exile. Among the things God told his people through his prophet, Jeremiah, was to "seek me with all your heart".
I did a quick web search and found one site that reported the word "seek" was used over 200 times in the Bible. When I think of the word "seek", the John Wayne movie, "The Searchers" comes to mind. While I have never seen the whole movie, the basic plot is that Ethan Edwards, played by John Wayne, sets out on a years' long search to find his true love who has been kidnapped. The movie takes The Duke across mountins, plains and rivers and through storms, blazing sun and hostile territory.
Am I willing to seek God through the deserts and storms of life? Is my search for an intimate relationship with him a years' long quest or an exercise in comfort for 20 minutes each morning? How badly do I desire a closer walk with Him?
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