Jeremiah 29:13
"And ye shall seek Me, and find Me, when ye shall search for Me with all your Heart."
Christ must seek us first, and He will, "What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?" (Luke 15:4)
He has His eye on us always, it's impossible that He lose any that are His, "...of all which He hath given Me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day." (John 6:39)
On our own, we would never seek the Truth because it exalts Him alone, not us. So then, what does it mean? How can a vile, depraved sinner with a lifeless heart seek the LORD? Well, it's only possible for those chosen sinners that have been regenerated by the Holy Spirit, only then can they search the Scriptures and find Christ, the Truth, "And I will give them one Heart, and I will put a new Spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an Heart of flesh," (Ezekiel 11:19) "...when He, the Spirit of Truth, is come, He will guide you into all Truth." (John 16:13)
This new Heart will seek and see Christ in all Scripture. This new Heart will see Christ in the Old Testament promises and pictures and types, and see Christ in the New Testament fulfillment by His finished work at the cross, in the death and resurrection of our Sinless Substitute.
Christ said, "...when ye shall search for Me with all your Heart," the "when," is that appointed time that the Holy Spirit wakes the sinner, His Heart of flesh becomes our Heart of flesh. Only then will we seek and hunger after Christ Jesus the WORD, "...It is written, that man shall not live by bread alone, but by every Word of God." (Luke 4:4)
With the Heart of Christ, by His Holy Spirit, we will seek and find and live by every Word of God by Christ Jesus our LORD!
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