"...will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways..." Hmmmm..... Is it any wonder that we so often feel as if God is far off and either uninvolved or unconcerned about our lives? In this short phrase are contained four conditions that the average person is not likely to want to jump at. We are commanded to 1) humble ourselves 2) actually pray 3) seek the Lord and 4) turn from our wicked ways. Far easier is it to whine, question, cry, assume and blame. How very human to want to reward without putting in the effort. Yet how much the time and effort is worth it!

BE ENCOURAGED! Along with the commandments come promises..

12 Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. 13 You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. Jeremiah 29:12-12

17 I love those who love me,

and those who seek me find me. Proverbs 8:17

7"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 8For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened. Matthew 7:7-8