And you will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart. Jeremiah 29:13 NASB Seek/search – “The modern scholar thinks that he must find religious answers to his critical questions by means of peshat exegesis. In contrast, the sages believed that answers to critical questions should be proposed by means of derash. Like…
When He killed them, then they sought Him, and they returned and searched diligently for God; Psalm 78:34 NASB Sought – When do you seek God? Well, when do most people seek God? When things are bad. When we want a God-genie to fix things. When we’re suffering. The rest of the time, God is sort of…
Then the Lord God called to the man, and said to him, “Where are you?” Genesis 3:9 NASB Where are you? – Hey, it’s Friday. You have some time to actually study this verse. So I’ve collected a few pointers about the importance of God’s question. Can I make a suggestion? Review each of these before you…
Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me and know my anxious thoughts;Psalm 139:23 NASB Search me– Don’t forget the context. We have a tendency to pull this verse from its context in the psalm and concentrate on the emotional appeal for God to look deeply into our hearts to purify us. In…
O Lord, You have searched me and known me. Psalm 139:1 NASB Searched– Does anyone really know you? Do you really know yourself? If the research into personality and identity formation is correct, we would be inclined to answer both of these questions with, “No.” There are some really good reasons why this is the case. First, really being…
You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart. Jeremiah 29:13 NASB Search – Thirty days of self-examination. Thirty days of drawing closer, of recognizing the grace of the Father, the mystery of His care and concern, the depths of our need. Thirty days to begin something new…
“You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.” Jeremiah 29:13 Seek and Search – Not just action, but diligent, purposeful action. You won’t get what you’re looking for unless you know the difference. That’s why Jeremiah uses two words for “seek” in this verse. God wants you…
