You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. – Jeremiah 29:13
Many children and adults alike love stories like Aladdin involving hidden treasure. Those seeking the treasure, whether good or bad, put great effort into hunting for it. The greater the treasure, the greater the effort.
Today’s verse offers an invitation to the greatest treasure hunt of all time. God promises that if you will seek Him you will find Him when you seek with all your heart. This implies investing effort. This isn’t about the efforts of good works in order to get salvation, since salvation comes by grace. It means to make seeking God your top priority. Jesus said, “For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also” (Matthew 6:21).
Seek God through prayer, fasting, Bible study, and becoming an integral part of a body of believers. 2 Kings 1 tells the story of King Ahaziah of Samaria who injured himself falling through a lattice. He sent messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub of Ekron if he’d live or die. An angel told the Prophet Elijah to meet the messengers and say, “Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are going to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Now therefore thus says the Lord, ‘You shall not come down from the bed to which you have gone up, but you shall surely die.’”
God wants His people to involve Him in their decision-making. Ask God for wisdom for the choices you make today. Pray also for wisdom for government officials who deal with America’s many issues of concern.
Today’s Verse: Jeremiah 29:13
You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.
All Scripture quotations and audio are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Recommended for further reading: Luke 11:5-13
5 And he said to them, “Which of you who has a friend will go to him at midnight and say to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves, 6 for a friend of mine has arrived on a journey, and I have nothing to set before him’; 7 and he will answer from within, ‘Do not bother me; the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed. I cannot get up and give you anything’? 8 I tell you, though he will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of his impudence he will rise and give him whatever he needs. 9 And I tell you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 10 For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. 11 What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will instead of a fish give him a serpent; 12 or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? 13 If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”
All Scripture quotations and audio are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
