Today's encouragement comes from Amos 5:4, where we read these words:
"For thus says the LORD to the house of Israel: 'Seek Me and live . . . ' "Notice first of all that this verse (above) is not addressed to the unbelieving world (generally), but to the OT Covenant people of God. *They* needed to "seek" the Lord, just like all of us today (who are joined to Jesus, in His church) need to do the same. What does it mean, to "seek" God? It is to act on the deep yearning and impulse of the regenerated heart—which cannot be happy without being bound-up closely and intimately to The Holy Trinity through The Second Person (Christ, The God-Man).
Seeking God not only leads to the Goal of Life (Christ Himself); but the very process of seeking *is* the Path of Life (Christ Himself). When we go after God, in worship and prayer, we embark on a journey of Life (Christ). Does the Lord seem to be "far" from any of us today? If so, do not despair; instead, earnestly "seek" Him. God will be found by all who sincerely come to Him in and through faith in Christ alone.
[Puritan quote of the day: "He who has ever been acquainted with God and seen the light of His pleased face would rather die a thousand deaths than forfeit God's favor or incur His displeasure.” —Robert Harris, in, "The Way to True Happiness"]
