For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.
Jeremiah 29:11-13 (NKJV)
The Lord's assurance to captives through Jeremiah was gentle, firm yet assuring. For a generation that have lived in captivity for a long time, the news of hope and deliverance is usually taken with a grain of salt. But to a hopeful generation, the living word is a reminder of the Lord's faithfulness and mercies. One which though and sometimes may tarry but never fails.
In this letter to them in captivity, the process was stated out clearly... You will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with 'all your heart'. This means our search must be diligent, sustained and be genuine. We must not seek Him solely for the toys, and not what just we want, but we must offer ourselves as living sacrifices holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. Anything short of this will be hypocrisy and deceitful which is not acceptable to our Creator.
Be encouraged,
Afolabi
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