Seeking God - 55 Facts

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(Do We Really Believe These are True?  "According to your faith, let it be unto you" Matt. 9:29)

1. Seeking is done with all the heart; there is no partial seeking.

• 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.
• 2 Chronicles 31:21
  And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.
• Psalm 119:2
  Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.
• Jeremiah 29:13
  And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
• 2 Chronicles 15:15
  And all Judah rejoiced at the oath: for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of them: and the LORD gave them rest round about.
• 2 Chronicles 22:9
  ...Because, said they, he is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD with all his heart.
• Psalm 119:10
  With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.

2. Seeking God leads to gladness and a rejoicing heart.  It becomes a delight to those who seek Him.

• 1 Chronicles 16:10
  Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD. 
• Psalm 40:16
  Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee
• Psalm 70:4 (same as Ps. 40:16)
• Ps.105:3 (same as 1 Chron 16:10)
• Isaiah 58:2
  Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways,...they take delight in approaching to God.
• Psalm 111:2
  The works of the LORD are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein.

3. Seeking is associated with prayer and turning from wickedness 

• 2 Chronicles 7:14
• If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

4. Seeking leads to God hearing, forgiving and healing circumstances

• 2 Chronicles 7:14
  If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
• Psalm 34:4
  I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.

5. The heart must be prepared for seeking

• 2 Chronicles 12:14
  And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the LORD.
• 2 Chronicles 19:3
  Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast  taken away the groves out of the land, and hast prepared thine heart to seek God.
• 2 Chronicles 30:19
  That prepareth his heart to seek God
• Hosea 10:12
  Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.

6. Not seeking the Lord is considered evil and wicked 

• 2 Chronicles 12:14
  And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the LORD.
• Psalm 10:4
  The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God:
• Jeremiah 10:21
  For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered.

7. Those who seek the Lord prosper

• 2 Chronicles 31:21
  And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.
• Jeremiah 10:21
  For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered.

8. Seeking God can begin in childhood 

• 2 Chronicles 34:3
• For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father 

9. Seeking God is associated with seeking His law

• Ezra 7:10
  For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and to do it, (see then 8:21)
• Psalm 119:45
  And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts.

10. Seeking God may involve affliction of soul 

• Ezra 8:21
  Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance
• Daniel 9:3
  And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:

11. The hand of God is upon them for good that seek Him 

• Ezra 8:22
• ...The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; 

12. Seeking God is associated with trusting Him over anything else

• Psalm 9:10
  And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
• Isaiah 31:1
  Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust  in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are  very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the LORD!
• 2 Chronicles 16:12
  And Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseased in his  feet, until his disease was exceeding great: yet in his disease he sought not to the LORD, but to the physicians.

13. God will not forsake those that seek Him 

• Psalm 9:10
• And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee. 

14. The wicked do not seek God

• Psalm 10:4
• The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God:
• Isaiah 9:13
  For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do they seek the LORD of hosts.
• Isaiah 31:1
  Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and  trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they  are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the LORD!
• Hosea 7:10
  And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face: and they do not return to the LORD their God, nor seek him for all this.
• Zephaniah 1:6
  And them that are turned back from the LORD; and those that have not sought the LORD, nor enquired for him.

15. The Lord looks on the earth to see who is seeking Him

• Psalm 14:2
  The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.
• Psalm 53:2
   (same)

16. Seeking God leads to praising Him 

• Psalm 22:26
• ...they shall praise the LORD that seek him: 

17. Certain generations can be known for seeking Him

• Psalm 24:6
• This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face 

18. Seeking God will become our highest desire 

• Psalm 27:4
• One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek  after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my  life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple. 

19. God specifically tells us to seek Him and expects an intentional response from the heart 

• Psalm 27:8
• When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek. 

20. They that seek the Lord will lack no good thing

• Psalm 34:10
• The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing
• Matthew 6:33
  But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
• (also Luke 12:31)
• Hebrews 11:6
  ...he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

21. We should seek God early, the first part of our day

• Proverbs8:17
• ...those that seek me early shall find me.
• Psalm 63:1
  O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: 
• Isaiah 26:9
  With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early

22. Seeking God gives us even more of a thirst for Him 

• Psalm 63:1
• O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is; 

23. They that seek the Lord will not be confounded 

• Psalm 69:6
• Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded  

24. Seeking God is associated with waiting on Him

• Lamentations 3:25
• The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
• Psalm 69:6
  Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded 

25. Seeking God is life (-and-death)

• Psalm 69:32
  ... your heart shall live that seek God.
• Amos 5:4
  For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live:

26. Sometimes a shameful awakening is allowed to open our eyes to our need of seeking Him

• Psalm 83:16
  Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O LORD.
• Hosea 5:15
  I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.
• 2 Chronicles 15:4
  But when they in their trouble did turn unto the LORD God of Israel, and sought him, he was found of them.
• Psalm 78:34
  When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and enquired early after God.

27. Seeking God includes His strength

• Psalm 105:4 
• Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face evermore. 
  
• 1 Chronicles 16:11
• Seek the Lord and his strength, seek his face continually.

28. Seeking God is associated with obedience

• Psalm 119:2
  Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.
• Isaiah 51:1
  Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the LORD: 
• John 5:30
   I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.
• Romans 2:7
  To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:
• 2 Chronicles 7:14
  If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
• 2 Chronicles 17:4
  [Jehoshaphat] sought to the Lord God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel.
• Psalm 119:10
  With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.

29. God blesses those that seek Him

• Psalm 119:2
  Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.
• 2 Chronicles 26:5
  And [King Uzziah] sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God: and as long as he sought the LORD, God made him to prosper.
• Ezra 8:22
   ...The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him;

30. Seeking God leads to the fear of the Lord (which is the beginning of wisdom) and to knowing Him

• Prov. 2:3-5
• Yea,  if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for  understanding;  If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as  for hid treasures;  Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and  find the knowledge of God.
• Hosea 3:5
  Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the LORD their God, and David their king; and shall fear the LORD and his goodness in the latter days.

31. They that seek the Lord understand all things 

• Proverbs 28:5 
• Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all things.

32. Seeking is associated with loving (we seek what we love)

• Song of Solomon 3:2
  ... I will seek him whom my soul loveth:
• Song of Solomon 3:1
  By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth

33. God says that His people will seek Him 

• Isaiah 8:19 
• should not a people seek unto their God
  
  

34. Seeking God is a daily endeavor 

• Isaiah 58:2 
• Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways,
• 1 Chronicles 16:11
• Seek the Lord and His strength, seek his face continually

35. Seeking Christ leads to true rest

• Isaiah 11:10
  And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious.
• 2 Chronicles 14:7
  ...because we have sought the LORD our God, we have sought him, and he hath given us rest on every side.
• 2 Chronicles 15:15
  And all Judah rejoiced at the oath: for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of them: and the LORD gave them rest round about.

36. Seeking God is associated with His Word 

• Isaiah 34:16
• Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read:  
  

37. We should seek God like treasure

• Matthew 13:45
  Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls:
• Prov. 2:3-5
• Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;  If thou
  seekest her  as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;  Then shalt thou  understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.

38. One day it will be too late to seek Him

• Isaiah 55:6
  Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
• Hosea 5:6
  They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from them.

39. God promises He will be found by those who seek Him

• Jeremiah 29:13
  And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
• Isaiah 55:6
  Seek ye the LORD while he may be found
• Matthew 7:7
  seek, and ye shall find
• Matthew 7:8
  he that seeketh findeth
• Isaiah 45:19
  I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain:
• (Also Luke 11:9,10)
• Hebrews 11:6
  ...for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
• 2 Chronicles 15:4
  But when they in their trouble did turn unto the LORD God of Israel, and sought him, he was found of them.
• 2 Chronicles 15:15
  And all Judah rejoiced at the oath: for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of them: and the LORD gave them rest round about.

40. God is good to those who seek Him

• Lamentations 3:25
  The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
• Ezra 8:22
   ...The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him;

41. Seeking God leads to the Latter Rain

• Hosea 10:12 
• Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you. (see also Prov. 16:15)

42. Seeking God is preparation for the Day of the Lord that is coming 

• Zephaniah 2:3
• Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD's anger.

43. Seeking God is associated with prayer

• Zechariah 8:21
  ... Let us go speedily to pray before the LORD, and to seek the LORD of hosts
• 2 Chronicles 7:14
  If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

44. Only those who were seeking God were prepared for Christ's first Advent 

• Malachi 3:1 
• Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the LORD, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, 

45. It is not because He is far away or hiding that we seek Him.  He is near to us all along. 

• Acts 17:27 
• That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us: 

46. We do not naturally seek God. He implants even the first spark of desire.  Left to ourselves, none would ever seek Him. 

• Romans 3:11 
• There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. 

47. Seeking God requires diligence 

• Hebrews 11:6 
• But  without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God  must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that  diligently seek him. 

48. Seeking God is associated with gathering for worship

• Exodus 33:7 
• And  Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it without the camp, afar off  from the camp, and called it the Tabernacle of the congregation. And it  came to pass, that every one which sought the LORD went out unto the tabernacle of the congregation, which was without the camp. 

49. Seeking God involves inquiring His will.  There are consequences for not seeking His will. 

• 1 Chronicles 15:13 
• For because ye did it not at the first, the LORD our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order. 

50. Seeking God delivers us from our fears

• Psalm 34:4 
• I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears. 

51. It is God whom we should seek in our times of trouble 

• Psalm 77:2 
• In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: 

52. Seeking God is associated with His works 

• Psalm 111:2 
• The works of the LORD are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein. 

53. God's people seek Him 

• Isaiah 65:10 
• And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor a place for the herds to lie down in, for my people that have sought me. 

54. Pastors who do not seek the Lord will fail His people 

• Jeremiah 10:21 
• For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered. 

55. They that Seek God do no iniquity

• Psalm 119:2, 3
• Blessed  are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole  heart. They also do no iniquity: They walk in his ways.