Seeking God is very similar to developing a friendship. You talk a lot, you listen, you write each other letters, you think about each other, you find out what the other likes and does not like, and you try to do things that please that person. The more you spend time together, the more intimately you know your friend. And the more intimately you know your friend, the greater your love will be. It works the same way with your relationship with God.
Jeremiah 29:12-13 promises that a woman who diligently seeks God with all her heart will find Him. Your heart is the key to devotion to God. A halfhearted search is not sufficient. This means you cannot seek God while you do your own thing.
Is God demanding too much to require that you seek Him with all your heart? No way!...
...giving Christ your heart means you are not free to give it away to other things or people that come into your life (in idolatry).... Devotion to the Lord Jesus Christ is giving everything or nothing at all. Your devotion to Christ must be a serious commitment.
Devotion to the Lord Jesus Christ is giving everything or nothing at all.
Who is your best friend? Someone who works with you? Someone you went to school with? A family member? A neighbor? Are you closer with them than you are with God? No matter how well you think your best friend knows you, God knows you better. I want to know God as well as He knows me. I want to love God as much as He loves me. Sounds simple right? Yeah, not so much. Just like any human relationship, a bond with God takes time and effort. He wants to talk with me. He wants me to share my innermost thoughts with Him -- my hopes, my dreams, my fears, my aspirations. This relationship is not all about me though. I need to learn about Him too. I need to spend time in His word and listen to what He's telling me.
He's not interested in a lack-luster relationship. He wants all of me. He wants everything I have to give. And I want to give it to Him. I feel it's the least I can do. He created me. He created the world around me. He sacrificed for me. He forgives me when I don't deserve to be forgiven. He died for me. The least I can do is make Him my best friend.
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