God's Promises

There are many, many promises of God in Scripture. In each promise,
God pledges that something will (or will not) be done or given or come
to pass.

He promises that "If you search for Me with all your heart, you will find Me."

When my children were young, one of the games that I would play with
them was called 'hide and seek'. I would hide and then they would try to
find me. The game is pretty simple and lots of fun. The whole point of
this exercise was that they would eventually find me... and that was the best part!

I would never have thought to try and hide myself so thoroughly that my
children could never find me. That would not have been fun at all, for
the real joy was in them finding me. I don't think our Heavenly Father
is much different, though His ways are way higher than my ways for sure!

He absolutely delights when we seek Him with all our heart and He loves
to be found by us! He promises that we will indeed find Him when we
search for Him with all our heart. If you are feeling discouraged today,
hungry for God but somehow feeling that you have not yet apprehended
Him, don't give up. Keep seeking. Keep knocking on the door. Keep on
asking. He promises to be found by you!

“Ask, and it will be
given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for
you. For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who
knocks it will be opened. Or who is there among you, who, if his son
asks him for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish,
who will give him a serpent? If you then, being evil, know how to give
good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in
heaven give good things to those who ask him!" Matthew 7:7-11