2 Chronicles 15:2 (NIV) He went out to meet Asa and said to him, "Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin. The LORD is with you when you are with him. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.
Hosea 10:12 (NIV) Sow for yourselves righteousness, reap the fruit of unfailing love, and break up your unplowed ground; for it is time to seek the LORD, until he comes and showers righteousness on you.
Hebrews 11:6 (NIV) 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.
Amos 5:4 (NIV) This is what the LORD says to the house of Israel: "Seek me and live;
Jeremiah 29:13 (NIV) You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.
In his book Good Morning, Merry Sunshine, Bob Greene shares journal entries from the first year of his daughter's life. At a marked transition in her social development, Bob writes: "This is something I'm having trouble getting used to. I will be in bed and there will be Amanda's head staring back at me. Apparently I've become one of the objects that fascinate her. It's so strange. After months of having to go to her, now she is choosing to come to me. I don't know quite how to react. "All I can figure is that she likes the idea of coming in and looking at me. She doesn't expect anything in return. I'll return her gaze, and in a few minutes she wants to be back in the living room and off she'll crawl again." A mark of development for the believer is when we choose to come to the Father and find delight in the Lord's presence. Greg Asimakoupoulos, Leadership, Vol. 19, no. 1. Today's Best Illustrations - Volume 5.
