Yesterday in a message I said, "We don't seek God. He seeks us. God is the seeker. If left to ourselves, we would never seek after God."
Need proof? It comes from our Bible reading for today in Psalm 53.
"God looks down from heaven on the children of man to see if there are any who understand, who seek after God. They have all fallen away; together they have become corrupt; there is none who does good, not even one" (Psalms 53:2-3).
There would be no salvation, no forgiveness, no hope of heaven if Jesus did not seek after us.
Jesus is looking for the lost. He’s the seeker!
God says, "I will seek the lost, and I will bring back the strayed, and I will bind up the injured, and I will strengthen the weak…" (Ezekiel 34:16a).
In Luke 15 Jesus taught us that He is looking. He’s like a shepherd seeking a lost sheep, a woman seeking a lost coin, and a father seeking a lost son. Once the lost is found, there’s rejoicing! Jesus looks at us to rescue us and then to rejoice over us!
I love the words of the old hymn:
Jesus sought me when a stranger,
Wandering from the fold of God;
He, to rescue me from danger,
Interposed His precious blood.
Seeking and saving the lost. That’s been the mission of God since our first parents sinned. The Lord sought Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden after they sinned. And He’s been seeking and saving sinners ever since.
If He didn’t seek us, we wouldn’t seek Him. Jesus said, “You didn’t choose Me, but I chose you” (John 15:16). We seek Him because He first sought us.
It's amazing, isn't it, that Jesus would seek the likes of us!
If you have been sought and saved, that's a reason for rejoicing!
Need proof? It comes from our Bible reading for today in Psalm 53.
"God looks down from heaven on the children of man to see if there are any who understand, who seek after God. They have all fallen away; together they have become corrupt; there is none who does good, not even one" (Psalms 53:2-3).
There would be no salvation, no forgiveness, no hope of heaven if Jesus did not seek after us.
Jesus is looking for the lost. He’s the seeker!
God says, "I will seek the lost, and I will bring back the strayed, and I will bind up the injured, and I will strengthen the weak…" (Ezekiel 34:16a).
In Luke 15 Jesus taught us that He is looking. He’s like a shepherd seeking a lost sheep, a woman seeking a lost coin, and a father seeking a lost son. Once the lost is found, there’s rejoicing! Jesus looks at us to rescue us and then to rejoice over us!
I love the words of the old hymn:
Jesus sought me when a stranger,
Wandering from the fold of God;
He, to rescue me from danger,
Interposed His precious blood.
Seeking and saving the lost. That’s been the mission of God since our first parents sinned. The Lord sought Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden after they sinned. And He’s been seeking and saving sinners ever since.
If He didn’t seek us, we wouldn’t seek Him. Jesus said, “You didn’t choose Me, but I chose you” (John 15:16). We seek Him because He first sought us.
It's amazing, isn't it, that Jesus would seek the likes of us!
If you have been sought and saved, that's a reason for rejoicing!
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