Seek God

Seek God
“But if from there you seek the LORD your God, you will find him if you look for him with all your heart and with all your soul.”  Deuteronomy 4:29.
 Just prior to making this statement Moses warns about turning to other gods. Not only lesser gods but gods that do not exist. Moving from the one true God to these gods was in essence moving from life to death.
Throughout the bible God tells believers in Him that we are to have no other gods but Him. In the book of Exodus we read,

“And God spoke all these words: 

“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt, 

out of the land of slavery. 

“You shall have no other gods before me.” 

Exodus 20:1-3.

Unfortunately today many people are not following God. They have made for themselves idols of tin and brass and stone as it were. They have placed things above God. Working long hours in order to get what the world has to offer. They worship things quite often without realizing it. Such is the way of the world.
Many people I meet outside of church don’t even think about God. Which is to my mind sad because we will all one day stand before God.
To my mind if all we have is this world then life is meaningless.
The writer of Ecclesiastes makes several interesting statements I think all people need to consider. He states,

“What has been will be again,

 what has been done will be done again; 

there is nothing new under the sun” 

Ecclesiastes 1:9

“I have seen all the things that are done under the sun; 

all of them are meaningless, 

a chasing after the wind.” Ecclesiastes 1:14

“To the man who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge and happiness,

 but to the sinner he gives the task of gathering and storing up wealth

 to hand it over to the one who pleases God. 

This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.” 

Ecclesiastes 2:26

“Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter: 

Fear God and keep his commandments,

 for this is the whole  duty  of man. 

For God will bring every deed into judgment,

 including every hidden thing, whether it is good or evil.” 

Ecclesiastes12:13,14.

None of us will get out of this world alive. Even the wealthiest of people will one day pass into eternity leaving their wealth behind.
All people will stand before God and be judged. The question is will you stand before God as your judge or your Saviour?
The apostle Paul writes,

“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—

and this not from yourselves, 

it is the gift of God—  

not by works, so that no one can boast.” 

Ephesians 2:8,9.

It is by the grace of God that we enter heaven through faith in God. The writer of Hebrews stating,

“Now faith is being sure of what we hope for 

and certain of what we do not see.”  

Hebrews 11:1

“And without faith it is impossible to please God, 

because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists 

and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.” 

Hebrews 11:6.

The book of John records,
“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.  
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.  Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son”. John 3:16-18.
When God created mankind He did not create robots. God gave man a free will to do what he wanted and to believe what he wanted. That freedom extended to believing in God or not. To believing in heaven or hell.
The choice is up to the individual in this world.
Thus the choice is yours. Do you believe in God or not? Think carefully. Even take some time to read at least the New Testament and learn what believers in Jesus and in God believed before you make your decision.  For your eternal resting place lies in your decision.
Please think about it.