Seeking God
Why do so many people never find God in their searching?
Seeking God
In the book of Acts, the Apostle Paul speaks about the way the world is designed. He tells us that God has made the world in such a way that it causes us to seek Him. He writes that people who seek God, "Feel their way along for Him" or "Reach out for Him to find Him." (Acts 17:27).
This desire to seek God is also mentioned in Ecclesiastes 3:11 where Solomon writes that God has "Set eternity in our hearts."
What these godly men are describing is our seemingly blind search for a God that we know is out there, but whom we can't seem to find.
We don't know where to look for Him and we don't know what He looks like, so all we can do is to keep on reaching out for Him and hoping to stumble upon Him somehow.
Thankfully, God wants to be found. Jeremiah 29:13 says:
"'Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart. I will be found by you,’ declares the Lord."
AW Tozer, in his book The Pursuit of God, tells us what it takes to finally find Him. He writes, "You can see God from anywhere if your mind is set to love and obey Him."
Why do so many people never find God in their searching? Well, they do find Him. But, He is not what they were expecting so they don’t get it. Most of us are looking for a version of God that does not exist. We want a God that is made in our image, who conforms to our beliefs and who does what we want, the way we want it done.
That is not God. The truth is, you will never find God until you understand who He is and what He is like. Once you figure that out, you will find that He was always very near and He was standing right in front of you all the time.
Who is God? What is He like?
John 1:18
“No one has seen God at any time; the only begotten God who is in the bosom of the Father, He has explained Him.”
We don’t have to wonder what God is like. He has shown us. We don’t have to guess what God’s love looks like. He has demonstrated it. We don’t have to keep reaching into the darkness hoping to find Him. God has stepped into our darkness and made Himself known.
The God who is, is love.
