Seek Him with all your Heart

 Jer 29:13

And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.

Every year this day holds special meaning for me. It is the day that I found the Lord to be real to me. It was a turning point in my life that I still hold as the most important day of my life. It was a Thursday evening in a small church in Cucamonga, California. I don’t remember the message that Rev. J.E. Cook preached that revival night. I just remember seeking to find forgiveness and acceptance. 51 years ago, I knelt at an altar of prayer as these strangers gathered around me praying that God would save me from a life lived in sin to a new life in Christ. The journey since that day remains the same. I still seek and search for Him with all my heart. He has never failed me, and is always there when I need Him. It has been a life of seeking, a desire to know the will of God. “Seeking first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you.” Matt. 6:33 has been the journey and destination theme of my life. The path to my eternal destination is filled with failures, disappointments, and unwanted circumstances, but through it all He has never been a disappointment or led me astray. As I continue this journey, I pray that the Lord will let me see my kids and grandkids come to Him as I have known Him. He is everything to me and each day, I will seek Him with all my heart, and will be found by Him.

Interpreting God's Word

Act 17:11- “These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the Word with allreadiness of mind and searched the Scriptures daily to see whether those things were so.”- 

The Scripture is given to man to help them find their way to God and to guide them in the way they should live. His Word is truth and what He says is absolute. The problem we have is that people interpret His Word in different ways, or take His Word out of context to fit their own view point. The desire of God is that we live holy lives that are pleasing to Him. What that looks like is often left to individual or collective interpretation. As we search the Scriptures, we need the Holy Spirit to illuminate our minds and hearts to see what truth He has for us. God is faithful to open up His Word to us if we seek Him with all our hearts. He will not lead us astray. There are some foundation truth that are made clear in God’s Word that are essential to the Christian faith. God is one God, Jesus Christ is deity and came to the world to die for the sins of the world, and rose from the dead to give us new life. We are all sinners in need of Jesus to save us from our sins. This is the scriptures that were searched in Paul’s time. The Holy Spirit is real and dwells in the believer to led them into all truth. As we read God’s Word, let us be careful that we discern His Word with holy motives and with a desire to draw close to Him.