The Seeking God

There is none who understands; there is none who seeks after God. 
Romans 3:11

Recommended Reading Matthew 18:12-13

There is a seeking instinct hardwired into human beings. When a hiker is lost in the wilderness, when a child doesn't return from school on time, when a fishing party fails to return to port, when an airliner vanishes over the ocean without a trace -- the human instinct to seek and save those who are lost is inevitable. Individuals, groups, armies, and nations commit limitless resources to seeking. 

But there is one case in which humans don’t seek as they should. We don’t seek after God. Solomon wrote that we have an eternal sensibility in us (Ecclesiastes 3:11), and Paul wrote that our lack of seeking God is inexcusable (Romans 1:20). But there is also a powerful, sinful inclination that argues against any innate desire to seek after God (Romans 3:10-18). If that is true, how do any of us find God? We don’t find God; He finds us. From heaven, "the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men" (Titus 2:11). God sent His Son into the world so that the world through Him might be saved (John 3:16-17). None of us are saved by our efforts but by the grace of God (Ephesians 2:8-9). 

Thank God today that He is a seeking God who looked for, and found, you. 

As in paradise, God walks in the Holy Scriptures, seeking man. 
Ambrose