Seeking God?  He is with us!

Read Jeremiah 4:1-2 

Have you ever looked for something that you lost? Often it is a difficult mission, since it is not uncommon to search over and over, with no success. After a time, you get disillusioned, and may even give up the active search, though you still harbour the hope of finding the object in question. Conversely, if we do not even know we have lost something, we will not even begin the process of seeking.

So it is with God. Society seems to have people with all kinds of opinions with regard to seeking God. They search high and low for “god”. Many believe that “god” is within themselves. It has become the dominant worldview today to uncritically accept any notion of God, no matter how implausible it may sound. The sole validity lies in the person who believes in it. On the other hand, there are those who lead lives as if God is irrelevant. They do not even look for Him. They do not know they have lost something.

1. Israel was told to return to God (4:1). They had lost God. They were distracted and unfocused. They allowed their vanity to decide who they would worship. What about you today? Have you returned to God? Do you vene know that you have lost God? And that he is helping you find him? Do not be beguiled by the philosophies of today which suggest that there are many ways to God.  It is really odd that a belief, dogma, cult or visible idol that is made by man, is then worshipped by the same man as a “god”. God promises that if you sincerely and humbly seek Him (note the operative words – sincerely and humbly), he will be found (Jer 29:13).

2. The Lord lives (v. 4:2a). Israel was told that only the God of Israel lived. The others were but dead idols and ideologies. Do you accept that message today? The truth of the resurrection convicts us and gives us hope. No other religious leader or founder has ever come back from the dead. Jesus has risen from the dead– He lives! That’s why we sing……………

I serve a risen Savior, he's in the world today;

I know that he is living whatever men may say;

I see his hand of mercy; I hear his voice of cheer,

And just the time I need him, he's always near.

He lives, he lives, Christ Jesus lives today!

He walks with me and talks with me

Along life's narrow way.

He lives, he lives, salvation to impart!

You ask my how I know he lives?

He lives within my heart.

Do you really  KNOW that He lives? Do you live with that reality every day? Jesus Lives and he wants you to know that He is with you in every circumstance. If you do not know Jesus, seek Him sincerely, not with skepticism but in humility, and you will find Him.