Pursuing God

“God did this so that men would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us. For in him we live and move and have our being. As some of your own poets have said, 'We are his offspring.'” (Acts 17:27-28)

We often view God as the One who pursues us, and that is true. He meets us when we turn back from our reckless ways. He persuades us to Himself by piercing our conscience and showering us with His love. We know that God even sent His Son to seek and to save us when we were lost.

But what about our pursuit of God?

Some people pursue fame and fortune while others pursue education, good health or other things. Whatever the pursuit may be, they can lead us to pursue them with passion. That is how God hides from us. It may sometimes appear as though He does not want to be found. But, He does! His Word even tells us to seek Him. His hiding is for the sheer joy that we receive when we do find Him.

If God seems to be hiding from you today, it is not Him that is hiding, but you. Your job is to find out what you’re hiding from, by pursuing Him. If you remember, it was not God that was found hiding in the Garden of Eden after Adam and Eve had sinned, but the ones who felt they had reason to hide from Him because of their wrongdoing. It is the same with us today. Our wrong doings separate us from God. They separate us from having a relationship with Him, they separate our fellowship with Him, they separate our understanding of Him and the list goes on. But it never was God’s intention for us to be separated from Him. He wants to enjoy our presence as much as we want to enjoy or experience His presence. That is why He made a way for us to come to Him even after the sin which separates us, came between Him and the ones that He created.

When God looks at us through the blood of forgiveness and our penitent hearts, He sees a restored child whom He adores and longs to have a personal relationship with. We cannot do it ourselves, but through His love, by His power and our choice to pursue Him, we are able to encounter the unmistakable presence of Almighty God. Wow, what a feeling to know that the Sovereign God of the universe looks at me; yes me, never taking His eyes off of me. His desire for me is to encounter Him and know Him better!

There is so much to gain when we make God our quest, so actively pursue a relationship with the Lord. Ask Him what He desires of you. Seek Him out day after day. Knock on the door of opportunity until He opens the way to His will and His presence. Find Him in the shade of the evening. Walk with Him in the cool of the dawn. And never give up that pursuit.

We love Him because He first loved us.

"Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.” (Matthew 22:37)

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