Jeremiah 29:13. And you will seek me and find me when you search for me with all your heart. Beloved, if you seek the Lord, if you search for him with all your heart, you will find him.
We often spend so much energy. We spend so much effort and time seeking things, seeking people, seeking money. We expend a lot of energy seeking affection, seeking approval on all kinds of things, things that are temporary, things that will pass away.
But today, saints, my message to you is this. We need to seek Jesus Christ. Before you seek the things of this earth, call on the name that is above every other name.
The name of Jesus Christ. I encourage you to seek protection under the lion of the tribe of Judah. Seek tranquility from the prince of peace.
Seek God Almighty, the one who is, who was, and who is to be. I encourage you to seek, to call, to chase, the one who commands millions of angels, the one who speaks and creates. Call on the one who has the keys to life and death in his hands.
So whatever situation you face today, whatever circumstance or situation you're up against, God wants you to call on him. Jeremiah 33:3 says, "Call to me and I will answer you and show you great and mighty things which you do not know. " How wonderful to know that the Lord has said he will answer when we call.
And then Psalm 50:15 says, "Call upon me in the day of trouble. I will deliver you and you shall glorify me. " And so I want to encourage you when you look at God's word, when you look at his promises, he says, "Trust me in your times of trouble and I will rescue you.
" This word trust is an interesting one. It's interesting because trust underpins every aspect of life and relationships. You interact with person A differently to person B all because you trust one and not the other.
You work hard and diligently at your job because you trust that your labor, your effort, your skill will be rewarded and compensated. You lock the door. You hide valuables from plain sight.
All because you don't trust everyone to have integrity and not steal. You order food and eat it without having seen the state of the kitchen, without questioning the ingredients, all because you trust the restaurant, the establishment, or the chef. Do you see how trust is a huge factor in everyday life?
Here's a couple of Bible verses I'd like you to hold on to. Jeremiah 17:7 and 8. The Bible reads, "Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord.
He is like a tree planted by water that sends out its roots by the stream and does not fear when heat comes for its leaves remain green and is not anxious in the year of drought for it does not cease to bear fruit. You see, in order to fully trust God, you have to relinquish full control. To put it another way, to trust in the Lord is to abandon trust in yourself or in another human.
You stop trying to fix it yourself and you allow God. You yield to God. You surrender all control to him.
And to do that in this day and age is to go against everything we're taught and trained to do. We have to take control of our career, our business. We need to take control of our future, our kids' futures.
So much of our lives today requires control. But the Lord operates differently when it comes to the aspect of control. The Lord requires us to have faith in him to relinquish control and stop trying to fix it yourself but hand it over to Jesus.
And let's be realistic. There are some aspects in our lives where we need to accept that the only things we have control over is the amount of effort we put in, the attitude we have on a daily basis. That's what we can control.
The rest we have to leave it up to God. So trust God to intervene in that situation at work. Trust God to have an impact on your children.
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and over all of your affairs. Remember that the Bible says you are blessed when you place your trust in God. You are blessed when you place your hope in Jesus.
Now let us pray. Lord Jesus, I praise your name. You are majestic and glorious.
I place my trust in you today and almighty God. I refuse to trust in the experts of this world. I refuse to place my trust in scientists.
I will instead fully trust in you and in your word, King Jesus. You are ever so reliable and consistent. Your word in Hebrews 13:8 says, "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever more.
" You are eternally changeless. You are the same God who spoke the words, "Lazarus, come forth. " And your power brought him back to life.
And I believe that you can speak life into my situation today. You are the same God who spoke the words, "Peace, be still. " And a storm obeyed you.
And I believe that you can still speak those same words over me and calm my situation. You are still able to rebuke the storms that I face. My trust is in you, King Jesus, because you are an unchanging God.
You are and have always been a redeemer, a savior, and a deliverer. Your word in Psalms 34:4-6 says, "Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord.
Trust in him, and he will act. He will bring forth your righteousness as the light and your justice as the noon day. Lord Jesus, I commit all of my ways to you.
I commit my plans to you, Father, and I relinquish control over to you, King Jesus. Have your way, Father. Your word tells me in 2 Corinthians 16:9 that the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth to show himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is loyal to him.
Father, as your eyes search the whole earth, when you look to strengthen those whose hearts are committed to you, I pray that you may find my heart to be committed to you. I pray that you would find my heart to be full of faith and burning brightly for you. May you find me, Lord, to have a heart that is full of trust and reliance in you.
Lord, I pray that I may never be too busy for you. May I never be too tired to pray and give you thanks. I pray that my heart would never be too busy for your word.
As your eyes search the whole earth for those loyal to you, I pray, Lord Jesus, that you would see me find my heart to be committed to you. I pray that you may find a heart that looks only to you. May you find a heart that is satisfied only in your presence.
I pray Lord that my heart heart may never settle for these worldly things, but rather may I constantly seek heavenly things, things from above, things that are pure and righteous. I desire to be wrapped in your steadfast love. I pray that your presence would always be strong and rich around me and around my home.
Holy Spirit, would you move within me and clear up my heart? Help me to make room for the Lord by removing anything ungodly within my heart. May the Lord's presence be known in my life.
Father, your word says in Psalm 28:7, "The Lord is my strength and my shield. My heart trusted in him, and I am helped. Therefore, my heart greatly rejoices, and with my song I will praise him.
You are indeed my strength and shield. My heart certainly finds rest and comfort in you because you are an unfailing God. I bless your holy name.
Amen. And you will seek me and find me when you search for me with all your heart. Call to me and I will answer you and show you great and mighty things which you do not know.
Call upon me in the day of trouble. I will deliver you and you shall glorify me. Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord.
He is like a tree planted by water that sends out its roots by the stream and does not fear when heat comes for its leaves remain green and is not anxious in the year of drought for it does not cease to bear fruit. Delight yourself in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord.
Trust in him and he will act. He will bring forth your righteousness as the light and your justice as the noon day.
