A God Who Seeks

Psalm 119:176
I have strayed like a lost sheep;  Seek your servant, for I have not forgotten your commands.

          Seeking God is a wonderful pursuit, ("...those who seek the Lord lack no good thing."  Psalm 34:10), but it is actually only in response to God seeking us that we finally turn in his direction to look for his will for our lives.  What an amazing love God has for us that he would come looking for us when we stray instead of leaving us to the painful consequences of our sins.  He could just say, "Good enough for you!" and he'd be right.  But he seeks us.
          In John 9, a blind man had been healed by Jesus.  Because he would not speak badly of Jesus for healing him on the Sabbath (that would be a bit ungrateful and disloyal, right?), the Pharisees revoked his right to enter the temple.  Verse 35 of this chapter says, "Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, and when he found him...."  How beautiful!  "When he found him...."
          It is so easy for us when we are straying to feel that we need to avoid God and that he's happy to disassociate from us.  Or,  when we are feeling rejected or persecuted for doing what is right to wonder where God is.  The truth is, in either case, he is looking for us, seeking us to draw us close to himself again. What a  wonderful Father!  What amazing love!
          But beyond God seeking us, is the freedom we can feel to ask God to seek us.  It's what David was doing in Pslam 119:176.  It shows what a depth and security David felt in his relationship with God.  Have you ever felt too weak to seek God?  Ask him to seek you.  He's really good at it!