SEEK GOD AND YOU WILL FIND HIM (JEREMIAH 29:14)

The meaning for the word “SEEK GOD” in Jeremiah 29:14 is to give ultimate priority to God. But, God’s people in exile gave priority to everything else except to God who was nearer to save and to deliver them (Jeremiah 2:13). Like God’s people in exile we too are busy and self – observed to seek God.

Blaise Pascal, one of the greatest intellects of the Western world, had an unquenchable thirst to learn. He was born into an upper – class family in central France on June 19, 1623. After his mother’s death his father moved his family to Paris. There he homeschooled his three children, starting with the study of languages that they wouldn’t be preoccupied with the fascination of mathematics. But, precocious Basil had taught himself geometry and wrote a book on the geometry of cones at the age of sixteen. Pascal invented the first mechanical calculating machine when he was nineteen. Pascal also originated the theory of probability. In the field of physics he discovered a principle known as Pascal’s Law, which is the foundation of modern hydraulics.

God was not too far to this genius. His thirst for God and for His Word prompted him to read Bible thoroughly. Pascal’s inquiring mind devoured Bible as well as scientific data. Just as he learned geometry on his own, so his spiritual journey to belief was a private one. On the night Pascal put his faith in Christ he wrote: God of Abraham, God of Isaac, God of Jacob, but, not of the philosophers and scholars (WORLDLY)……… He is to be found only by the ways taught in the Gospel……… “Righteous Father, the world has not known thee, but I have known thee”……. Let me not never be separated from Him.  Before he died Pascal wrote a classic defense of the Christian faith that published posthumously under the title PENSEES.

Pascal found God because he sought Him. Likewise, God sought Pascal and found him. Are you seeking God? Do you give priority to God in all the areas of your life?  “If you look for me in earnest, you will find me when you seek me, I will be found by you,” says the Lord. Jeremiah 29:13-14.

Yours in His service

G. Paul Raj