Looking for God in All the Right Places

People who find God have a few characteristics:

• They are aware of their need (so they)

• Start searching for God (and)

• They look for him in the right places

But why should we have to search for God? Shouldn’t he reveal himself to us?

He already has.

God isn’t hiding. He’s right where he’s always been.

God created people to be virtuous, but each has turned to follow their own downward path. –Ecclesiastes 7.29

It is we who have drifted far from God. That’s why we struggle to find him.

God’s purpose is for people to seek for him, to perhaps feel their way toward him and find him, though he is not far from any of us. –Acts 17.26-27

God wants us to find him. We just need to look in the right places.

God has revealed himself in general and specific ways. Here’s where to look for him.

1. Creation and Conscience

We can learn general truth about God by studying creation and listening to our conscience. Everyday, both outside and within us, God makes himself known if we’re paying attention.

2. Scripture and Jesus

Creation and conscience reveal God’s existence and character. But to know the specifics of who God is and what he’s up to, you have to explore the Bible and especially Jesus. These are the places where God speaks in detail about himself and his plans.

Search in the places above and you will find God. The Bible calls this search faith—and God promises to reward it.

“Everyone who asks will receive. He who seeks will find. To him who knocks, the door will be opened.” –Matthew 7.8