Seek God

Elevate Your Day with Andi and Brian Hale

From THRIVE with God on YouVersion

As we begin on our journey of thriving with God, take a twirl with me down memory lane. Imagine you are outside on a playground. Yes, a playground! Imagine you’re standing on pine needles as a soft breeze blows gently across your face. The air is filled with a symphony of laughter, screams, and the “clink, clink” of beads in little girls’ hair. You can smell the freshly cut grass that has so effortlessly made its light green stains on your jeans. You can taste your own salty sweat, slowly dripping from your forehead over your lips.

You cover your eyes with your hands and laugh as you begin to count to 10. Your heart beats faster, your ears perk up, and you can barely contain your eagerness to uncover your eyes and start running. You finally finish counting, shout “Ready or not, here I come!” and excitedly seek all who are hiding.

Whew, what a time! Hide-and-seek as a child was filled with lots of excitement, awareness, passion, and joy. When the Word says to seek God with all our hearts, that is the kind of seeking we want to do.

We want to seek Him with zeal, with longing, and with all of our attention. Can you guess what the best part about seeking God is?

He isn’t even hiding from us!

Jeremiah 29:12-13 Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. [13] You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.

We don’t have to jump through hoops, sweat, bleed, trip, or run like crazy to find Him. He is always there – He is just waiting for us to turn our hearts and minds towards Him.

Let’s go back to our playground example. Imagine that after counting to 10 you opened your eyes and the person you were seeking was directly in front of you! All you had to do was take one step.

Matthew 5:6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.

My friend, that one step is all God is asking for. Whether it be praying, opening our Word, watching a sermon, attending an event, or cracking open a devotional like this one – trust that when we take that step He is right there, waiting for us with open arms.

Psalms 63:1 You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek you; I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water.

Pray it Out: Father God, I’m so grateful You do not hide from me and that as I draw near to You, You draw near to me. I admit there were times my flesh got the best of me and I strayed away from You. I confess there were times I engaged with You out of routine instead of out of love.

Today, I ask that You will create in me a clean heart oh God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Reveal to me anything that is keeping me from being diligent in my time with You, and Holy Spirit help me to navigate in the wisest way possible. In Jesus’ Name, Amen

Write it Out: What would it look like for you to seek God with all of your heart? Get specific and personal!