God Wants to be Found
If you look for me wholeheartedly, you will find me. Jeremiah 29:11-13
The Hebrew used in this verse for the concept of ”wholeheartedly” is the word “dawrash”. It means to frequently tread over and over the same place. It’s sort of like the earring back that my wife lost recently. It fell somewhere in the kitchen. So there I was on my hands and knees. I looked over and over the same spot many times. I even had my hands gently touching the surface of the floor in case I would feel it. When I was almost ready to give up, I saw it! There is was! Because I “dawrashed” it, I finally found it.
You may say, “But I’ve looked for God before. Haven’t found Him either.” Dawrash! Go over and over the same territory again and again. Suddenly God will say, “Ta-dah! Here I am!” He wants to be found, but reveals Himself to those who prove they are serious about finding Him as their greatest treasure. God wants to be found. Will you wholeheartedly seek for Him?
Proverbs 8:17 states a similar truth, but with a different Hebrew word as its emphasis.
“I love those who love me; And those who diligently seek me will find me.”
That phrase, “diligently seek me” comes from the Hebrew word “shawhar”. This word most literally means, “to be early at any task, to be earnest or excited about an endeavor.” The idea in this word is that you are so giddy about seeking, that you are energized to go after it as soon as possible. It’s a little like the fisherman that rises at 5:00AM to get on the lake, or the deer hunter who climbs onto his stand before sunrise. There is such eagerness for this experience that nothing can hold them back. The person who has this approach to finding God will certainly find Him. It’s all in the orientation of our passions and desires.
What are you doing to seek God? Are you diligent, casual, passionate or ambivalent? Are you seeking God with all your strength? Especially in the midst of hardships, God urges us to seek for Him. And the promise: We will find Him! He wants to be found! God doesn’t want to remain hidden from you. God wants you to find Him, but He’s also wise enough to know that only those who really want Him will truly seek. Are you seeking for God? Not some man-made idea of God, but seeking the real God as revealed in Holy Scripture.
“God Wants to be Found”
A good thought and illustration that is very true but somehow in God’s fullness I certainly found that while I am seeking He is reversing it by also seeking me.