Luke 11:9 — “...seek, and you will find…”
We live in a world that pulls us in every direction but toward God. Society does not emphasize Him. The world is wrapped up in itself, and we often end up wrapped up in ourselves, chasing after worldly things and worldly validation instead of chasing after God.
The world does not love us unless we have something it wants. But God’s love is unconditional. Whether sinner or saint — God loves us. We need to chase after God.
Jesus Himself wept over Jerusalem because they would not come to Him. As He approached the city, “He wept over it” (Luke 19:41), grieving that they did not recognize the love of God standing before them. And He cried out, “How often would I have gathered your children together, even as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you would not!” (Matthew 23:37). That is the heart of God — longing to gather us, protect us, love us — even when we resist Him.
Christ— who is God Himself — died for our sins on the Cross of Calvary so we could be reconciled to Him.
When we accept Christ as Savior and the Holy Spirit enters us, we become His children. With the Spirit indwelling us and forming the nature of Christ within us, we are sanctified, made holy, and become heirs of the kingdom of God.
Yet we often let the world overshadow our lives. We forget God.
And the Holy Spirit — who dwells within us — is left languishing, ignored, unhonored.
God wants us to seek His face.
He wants our love.
He wants our companionship.
He wants us to desire Him — not just what He can do for us.
When we pray, are we seeking a relationship with Him?
Or are we seeking emotional comfort, a new experience, or something for ourselves?
God wants you to want Him.
When we seek Him, we should come in awe of His greatness.
To stand in His presence is to stand on holy ground — just as Moses was told, “Take off your sandals, for the place where you stand is holy ground” (Exodus 3:5), and as Joshua was told, “Loose your shoe from off your foot; for the place where you stand is holy” (Joshua 5:15).
And when you truly consider His holiness, you may realize that your life holds things now that it should not. Before approaching God you feel inside yourself the need to be "clean" before Him — which strikes us all when we consider seeking out God on any occasion. And we may think to ourselves, I am not worthy... but we are not required to be worthy, because absolutely nothing that we could do in and of ourselves could ever make us worthy.
But Seeking God does require humility, honesty, and reverence.
He made the pathway for us to enter His sanctuary.
Before His sacrifice, we were doomed.
But He laid His life down — first in Gethsemane, then on the Cross — knowing fully what He would suffer. He was humiliated, beaten, pierced, mocked, and crucified… all for us.
We could not die for ourselves — we are not without blemish.
But He is the spotless Lamb of God.
So before you enter His presence, examine your life:
- your thoughts
- your attitudes
- your desires
- your grudges
- your hidden sins
His sacrifice is not honored when all we want is something from Him instead of wanting Him.
He wants to care for you.
He wants you to depend on Him for everything.
He wants you to bring Him your troubles and trust Him to handle them.
He wants you to lean on His strength.
He wants you to seek Him until you find Him — in your heart.
He wants you to let Him be your God and us to be His people — His family.
Humble yourself and come to Him knowing you are not worthy — but by His grace, you are welcomed. Christ makes you worthy. The Holy Spirit within you is the seal of your belonging.
So come boldly, but with a humble countenance.
You are His child, and He wants your love and devotion — not your list of needs. He already knows what you require. He will take care of you.
Your part is to focus on Him, not the world.
We must get serious about seeking God.
Do not seek Him for emotional comfort.
Do not seek Him for selfish reasons.
Do not build your faith on experiences — that is empty faith.
Do not rely on the past — God is the God of today.
Until you are desperate for Him — until you are knocking on His door with humility and honesty — you cannot know the God who sits on the throne waiting for you to come to the end of yourself.
He is more than a feeling.
More than comfort.
More than an experience.
He is what your soul is crying out for — even if you don’t yet recognize it.
The longing inside you is for God Himself — the intimate God who knows the number of hairs on your head, who formed you in your mother’s womb, who created the soul that longs for Him.
Seek, and you will find.
Knock, and it will be opened unto you.
God never forces surrender. He does not push or demand — He draws. He maneuvers our hearts so gently that we often do not realize He has been guiding us until we look back. But to complete His work in us, surrender is the answer. It is the one thing He will not — and cannot — do for us. But when the will bows, the Holy Spirit is, at that very point in time, given the freedom to transform, deepen, and sustain us. And He will — immediately — come straight to the throne of your inner life and began a new and wondrously mysterious work in you. I am not the same person I once was — because surrender opened the door for the Spirit to do what I could never do on my own.
Once you come to the end of yourself and surrender know this... a surrendered life does not strive to love God. Once the will is yielded, the Holy Spirit Himself pours the love of God into your heart. You will not have to force devotion or manufacture desire — it will rise within you because He gives it. Your part is simply to remain surrendered, willing, and obedient, not allowing the world to pull you back into self‑will. When you stay in surrender, the love of God deepens, multiplies, and grows without effort, because it is the Spirit who sustains it.
Romans 5:5 — “The love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit…”
And so the story goes... and this is just the beginning of a beautiful story of... belonging.
Selah.
Father, I seek Your face, my soul's lifelong longing has been answered,
I do not always stand on ceremony when I go to God. Sometimes I come in awe, aware that I am on holy ground. But most of the time... I simply crawl into His lap like a child and talk to Him — because He is my Father, and I am His.
~ Quil.
Psalm 27:8 — “When You said, ‘Seek My face,’ my heart said to You, ‘Your face, Lord, I will seek.’
Psalm 63:1–2 — “My soul thirsts for You… to see Your power and Your glory.”
Philippians 3:10 — “That I may know Him…”
Psalm 73:25–26 — “Whom have I in heaven but You… God is the strength of my heart.”
2 Corinthians 12:9 — “My grace is sufficient for you…”
Psalm 23:1 — “The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.”
Ephesians 2:8 — “For by grace you have been saved…”
Hebrews 4:16 — “Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace…”
John 14:13–14 — “Whatever you ask in My name…”
Colossians 3:17 — “…do all in the name of the Lord Jesus…”
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