We have a poster with this quote hanging in our bathroom. I found myself thinking about this today (4/12/20, Easter).
No one, by nature, is seeking or striving after God.
Romans 3:11-12
No one understands;
no one seeks for God.
All have turned aside;
together they have become worthless;
no one does good,
not even one.
So if anyone is seeking or striving after God, it is evidence of His supernatural grace already at work.
The interesting thing, then, spiritually speaking, is that any would seek so pathetically. If no one seeks God by nature, why do so many seek so weakly when supernaturally driven to do so? Why do so many whom God calls respond so nonchalantly to the call when calling back upon Him?
Matthew 7:7
Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
If you are seeking at all, why seek weakly? If it has been given to you to seek at all, seek and strive with all your might. Be in it with all your heart. If you cannot have any of your heart in it without God's assistance, why then, since you have His assistance, would you offer so little of your heart to seeking Him?
no one does good,
not even one.
So if anyone is seeking or striving after God, it is evidence of His supernatural grace already at work.
The interesting thing, then, spiritually speaking, is that any would seek so pathetically. If no one seeks God by nature, why do so many seek so weakly when supernaturally driven to do so? Why do so many whom God calls respond so nonchalantly to the call when calling back upon Him?
Matthew 7:7
Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
If you are seeking at all, why seek weakly? If it has been given to you to seek at all, seek and strive with all your might. Be in it with all your heart. If you cannot have any of your heart in it without God's assistance, why then, since you have His assistance, would you offer so little of your heart to seeking Him?
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