Several years ago, a pastor wrote the Westminster Bookstore in Philadelphia looking for a copy of the book entitled Seekers after God. He received the following reply: “No Seekers after God in Philadelphia; try New York.”

Seekers after God are everywhere. They may not even realize He is what they are looking for, but they are seeking a relationship with the living God, looking for answers, guidance, and comfort for their lives.

Isaiah 55:6-9 Seek the LORD while he may be found; call on him while he is near. Let the wicked forsake his way and the evil man his thoughts. Let him turn to the LORD, and he will have mercy on him, and to our God, for he will freely pardon. “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the LORD. “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.

God invites people to seek Him, to turn away from their self-seeking independence and to dependence on Him for guidance and peace for this life and the life to come. People are seeking answers to life’s problems.

• Some are seeking ways to fill the emptiness in their lives.
• There are people seeking guidance as the world becomes more confusing.
• Some are looking for a fresh start for their lives.
• Some are seeking forgiveness for their sins.

These people are seeking, but they are looking for answers within themselves, from silf-help gurus, science, technology and false religions.

 The answers they seek can be found. Seek the Lord while He may be found. The answers to our problems are found by seeking God. But where do you find Him? The answers to life’s deepest problems are found in a relationship with the Lord. Faith in the one who gave His life to pay for our sins gives us the answers we need. And He can be found. He is not dead, nor is He hiding. He has spoken and shown Himself to us in His Word.

Matthew 7:7-8 “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.

I’ll share some more thoughts on this tomorrow.