Pursuing God

📖 Scripture:

“You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.” — Jeremiah 29:13 (NIV)

❓Reflective Question:

Am I truly seeking God with all my heart, or have I settled for knowing about Him rather than knowing Him?

There is a vast difference between knowing about God from a distance and knowing Him on a personal level. Many people are content with a surface-level relationship with their Heavenly Father, satisfied with occasional prayers here and there, and a basic comprehension of His existence. But the call of Scripture is deeper — it is an invitation to pursue God Almighty with everything within us, to hunger and thirst after Him as a deer longs for water.

True pursuit of God requires a disciplined effort, not because He is distant, but because our hearts are easily distracted. The world offers countless diversions — entertainment at our disposal, worldly success, even religious activity — that can fill our time yet leave us spiritually destitute. Be aware God is not found in half-hearted seeking. He is not discovered by those who casually glance in His direction. God reveals Himself to those who are desperate for Him, to those who will not rest until they have encountered His presence.

The great tragedy of modern Christianity is that we have learned to live without the manifest presence of God in our daily lives. However, let us not settle for lesser things when we were made to experience the fullness of His glory. But the promise remains: “You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.” If we would know Him, we must abandon our apathy, silence the noise, and chase after Him with undivided devotion. He is not hiding. He is waiting.

🙏🏽 Prayer:

“Merciful Father, stir within me a hunger that will not be satisfied with anything less than You. Teach me to seek You, not as a passing thought, but with my whole heart. Remove every distraction, every hindrance, and let my soul find its true home in Your presence. In Jesus’ name,”

Amen.