Seek and you shall find" does not refer to anything else: long life, conquest of earthly enemies, freedom from pain, disease, death, betrayal, weakness, and so on. But it does refer to God and to that which God is: "God is agap?." That is why all who seek it find it. De Caussade says: "If you search for this kingdom where God alone rules, you can be quite sure you will find it" (p. 112).

Therefore submit to God.… Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. (James 4:7—8)

I fled Him, down the nights and down the days; I fled Him, down the arches of the years; I fled Him, down the labyrinthine ways Of my own mind; and in the mist of tears. —"The Hound of Heaven" (FRANCIS THOMPSON, 1859—1907)

When you reach out to God humbly, you'll find that He's already reaching out to you.

Put him first. Seek him with all of your heart, and he will add everything that matters. Be still and know that he is God.

I think God eventually changed my heart simply because I clung to my desire for Him, even though I wasn't sure how to follow through on that desire.

One of the first steps we should take in knowing God's voice is knowing God's heart.

As a young Christian, I was praying fervently one day for guidance on a particular issue when I felt the Spirit gently interrupt. I was shocked to think I heard him suggest that I was too busy seeking his will. How could that be? Then I heard the rest of his suggestion. "Don't seek my will in this matter. Seek me—and then you will know my will." Seeking God's will is important, but in this case my focus was wrong.

This is what hearing God is all about, isn't it, Loren? Getting to know Him better.

Seek out that particular mental attribute which makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive, along with which comes the inner voice which says, This is the real me, and when you have found that attitude, follow it.

What we seek we shall find; what we flee from flees from us.

I am going to seek a great Perhaps.