Seeking God, is our attempt to draw closer to God, which is only through abandoning our sin and obeying the will of God.

• Commanded Isa 55:6; Matt 7:7
• Includes seeking
– His Name Ps 83:16
– His word Isa 34:16
– His face Ps 27:8; Ps 105:4
– His strength 1Chr 16:11; Ps 105:4
– His commandments 1Chr 28:8; Mal 2:7
– His precepts Ps 119:45; Ps 119:94
– His kingdom Matt 6:33; Luke 12:31
– His righteousness Matt 6:33
– Christ Mal 3:1; Luke 2:15; Luke 2:16
– Honour which comes from him John 5:44
– Justification by Christ Gal 2:16; Gal 2:17
– The city which God has prepared Heb 11:10; Heb 11:16; Heb 13:14
• By prayer Job 8:5; Dan 9:3
• In his house Deut 12:5; Ps 27:4
• Should be
– Immediate Hos 10:12
– Evermore Ps 105:4
– While he may be found Isa 55:6
– With diligence Heb 11:6
– With the heart Deut 4:29; 1Chr 22:19
– In the day of trouble Ps 77:2
• Ensures
– His being found Deut 4:29; 1Chr 28:9; Prov 8:17; Jer 29:13
– His favour Lam 3:25
– His protection Ezra 8:22
– His not forsaking us Ps 9:10
– Life Ps 69:32; Amos 5:4; Amos 5:6
– Prosperity Job 8:5; Job 8:6; Ps 34:10
– Being heard of him Ps 34:4
– Understanding all things Prov 28:5
– Gifts of righteousness Hos 10:12
• Imperative upon all Isa 8:19
• Afflictions designed to lead to Ps 78:33; Ps 78:34; Hos 5:15
• None, by nature, are found to be engaged in Ps 14:2; Rom 3:11; Luke 12:23; Luke 12:30
• Saints
– Specially exhorted to Zeph 2:3
– Desirous of Job 5:8
– Purpose, in heart Ps 27:8
– Prepare their hearts for 2Chr 30:19
– Set their hearts to 2Chr 11:16
– Engage in, with the whole heart 2Chr 15:12; Ps 119:10
– Early in Job 8:5; Ps 63:1; Isa 26:9
– Earnest in Song 3:2; Song 3:4
– Characterised by Ps 24:6
• Is never in vain Isa 45:19
• Blessedness of Ps 119:2
• Leads to joy Ps 70:4; Ps 105:3
• Ends in praise Ps 22:26
• Promise connected with Ps 69:32
• Shall be rewarded Heb 11:6
• The wicked
– Are gone out of the way of Ps 14:2; Ps 14:3; Rom 3:11; Rom 3:12
– Prepare not their hearts for 2Chr 12:14
– Refuse, through pride Ps 10:4
– Not led to, by affliction Isa 9:13
– Sometimes pretend to Ezra 4:2; Isa 58:2
– Rejected, when too late in Prov 1:28
• They who neglect denounced Isa 31:1
• Punishment of those who neglect Zeph 1:4-6
• Exemplified
– Asa 2Chr 14:7
– Jehoshaphat 2Chr 17:3; 2Chr 17:4
– Uzziah 2Chr 26:5
– Hezekiah 2Chr 31:21
– Josiah 2Chr 34:3
– Ezra Ezra 7:10
– David Ps 34:4
– Daniel Dan 9:3; Dan 9:4