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Deuteronomy 4:29

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Deuteronomy 4:29    "But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul."

Have you ever felt like throwing up your hands and saying, "I quit!"  Have you ever felt like someone was getting on your last nerve and you needed to escape? Maybe you have come to that place before, or you're at that point just now. I say all those things and I understand those emotions, but I have one more question. Aren't you glad that God isn't that way with you?  I surely am so very thankful that our God does not give up on me. Today's verse of Scripture was planted in the middle of some things that the Lord understood Israel would encounter. He gave them advance warning and also the advanced answer to their situations. If you feel like you are all alone and begin to place your dependency upon someone or something other than God... if you will seek Him, you shall find Him. If you feel like the weight of the world is upon you and it keeps pressing you down... if you will seek Him, you shall find Him.

Isn't that a wonderful thought? If from those places in life... if from those situations and circumstances, you will stop to seek the Lord, be assured  you will find Him.  It isn't as if He has hidden Himself from you. No, the fact of the matter is that we turn away from Him. He has promised never to turn away nor walk away from us. So, how do we begin to seek Him? How can we turn from the heaviness of life to try to find Him? For me, it begins with crying out to Him from my heart. "Lord, I need you!"  You see, when we cry out those words, we are turning away from the things which caused the trials and turbulence in our lives and we are turning toward God. When we cry out those words, we are taking our dependency away from people and things and turning them toward the Almighty God Who is able to do all things. We are turning toward the very One Who is able to fill the void that is within us. How is it with us today? Is it time to turn away from our own way of thinking and seek to walk in the paths of our Lord?

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