In Acts, Jews said, "You are bringing some strange ideas to our ears, and we would like to know what they mean" (Acts 17:20). Jews are open to revelations about Christianity. Later in Acts, God writes, "God did this so that they would seek Him and perhaps reach out for Him and find Him, though He is not far from any one of us. 'For in Him we live and move and have our being.'" (Acts 17:27-28a) God isn't far away. He is reaching out for you, stirring your soul. When He finds you, you will find Him. In Proverbs, Yahweh writes, "I love those who love me, and those who seek me find me" (Proverbs 8:17). God loves everyone, and way way way deep in everyone's soul, they love Him too. All of the beings except for the worst one, I mean.
In Ephesians, Jesus writes, "For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light (for the fruit of the Light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth) and find out what pleases the Lord" (Ephesians 5:8-10) Belief in Jesus pleases the Lord. Evangelism pleases the Lord. Giving pleases the Lord. Loving a brother or sister in need pleases the Lord. People who do these good thing, and try to be good, will be found by the Lord, and then, they will find God. God's gifts to you are kindness, unconditional love, blessings, compassion, peacemaking, and many more good things I can't remember.
In Jeremiah, God writes, "Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known" (Jeremiah 33:3) Nothing about God is secret...God has no secrets. He wants you to know Him. Knowing starts with belief, and it turns into a great knowing that God is real. This knowing is deep, strong faith. This knowing shatters you and remakes you into a better person. We are the clay and He is the Maker. He molds us into the kind, loving, compassionate people that we are meant to be. Give your neighbor a smile, because you never know what hardship he or she and their families are going through.
back to Ephesians. Jesus writes, "For He chose us in Him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in His sight. In Love He predestined us for adoption to sonship and daughtership through Jesus Christ." (Ephesians 1:4-5a). Yes - God CHOOSES you. He chooses you for happiness and kindness, not condemnation and hate. He chooses you out of this world to become a citizen of heaven - and you'll always have a body, and there is grass and ground and houses and clothes in heaven. It is a completely different world. God chooses YOU to love yourself. He knows about you, and you can't hide. He knows what's on your heart before you pray, but pray anyways. You will find God even if you curse Him, even if you refuse to believe, even if you try to lead Christians astray. He will bring you home and forgive you. It's all okay. God loves you and chooses YOU to be His holy, loved, kind Child. You are a son or daughter of God. So He will find you, and you will find Him, no matter whether you seek or not.
Love,
Rebecca <3 :)
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