The Benefits of Seeking God

Saturday, July 21st, 2012 Deuteronomy 4: 29-40 What are the benefits of seeking God with our whole hearts? First and foremost, we have the promise of the privilege of God's attention. Imagine that-- the God of the whole universe, giving us His whole heart when we give Him ours. We know how frustrating it is when we try to form relationships with people who are only halfway interested or invested in getting to know us; eventually we give up investing our time and energy into them. Why do we do that? Because it's simply lots of work chasing someone who doesn't want to be involved with us. Thanks be to God that He never gets tired of chasing us! But oh, the joy we experience when we finally stop running or half-heartedly pursuing our relationship with Him! When we finally settle in our hearts that there is absolutely no other person, place, or thing on this planet more important or beneficial than seeking the face of our God, we will seek Him FOR REAL -- not just so He can solve our problems and answer our prayers. But we'll seek Him, longing to Hear Him speak, preferring what He has to say over the words of anyone else in our lives. And as we TURN to Him wholeheartedly, He will turn to us. The other benefits are simply by-products of being in His presence. Our perspective will change, and we will become successful because HE is successful at everything He does. We will see decisions we make as seeds planted for a mighty harvest in the future, not just things to satisfy pleasures that will only temporarily meet our need. We will obey His commands with joy, not grudgingly or out of necessity. And as we obey, blessings will overtake us that will help us put into place provisions for our children and their children. The idea of breaking the curses in our lives so that our descendants don't have to endure what we did is awesome in and of itself. But nothing can take the place of knowing that our God is with us, for us, and IN us! Who wouldn't seek -- or serve -- a God like that?