You can seek Jesus with all your heart, by hungering and thirsting for righteousness.

You can seek Jesus with all your heart, by hungering and thirsting for righteousness.

“With my whole heart I have sought [darash] You” (Ps 119:10)

“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled.” (Matt 5:6)

“He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.” (Heb 11:6)

“Seek [darash] the LORD while He may be found, call upon Him while He is near.” (Isa 55:6)

“And you will seek [baqash] Me and find Me, when you search [darash] for Me with all your heart.” (Jer 29:13)

“But from there you will seek the LORD your God, and you will find Him if you seek [darash] Him with all your heart and with all your soul.” (Deut 4:29)

“Seek [darash] the LORD and His strength; seek [baqash] His face evermore!” (1Chr 16:11)

“Now set your heart and your soul to seek [darash] the LORD your God.” (1Chr 22:19)

“If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will cast you off forever.” (1Chr 28:9)

“And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.” (2Chr 20:3)

“He sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions[fn] of God; and as long as he sought the LORD, God made him prosper.” (2Chr 26:5)

“For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, he began to seek [darash] the God of his father David” (2Chr 34:3)

“they came to Zerubbabel and the heads of the fathers’ houses, and said to them, Let us build with you, for we seek [darash] your God as you do” (Ezra 4:2)

“for You, LORD, have not forsaken those who seek [darash] You.” (Ps 9:10)

“The LORD looks down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there are any who understand, who seek [darash] God.” (Ps 14:2; 53:2)

“I sought [darash] the LORD, and He heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.” (Ps 34:4)

“you who seek [darash] God, your hearts shall live.” (Ps 69:32)

“Seek the LORD and His strength; seek His face evermore!” (Ps 105:4)

“I was sought [darash] by those who did not ask for Me; I was found by those who did not seek Me.” (Isa 65:1)

“For it is time to seek [darash] the LORD, till He comes and rains righteousness on you.” (Hos 10:12)

“For thus says the LORD to the house of Israel: Seek Me and live” (Amos 5:4)

“He has shown you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require [darash] of you” (Mic 6:8)

“Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.” (Matt 11:29)

“So that the rest of mankind may seek the LORD, even all the Gentiles who are called by My name, says the LORD who does all these things.” (Acts 15:17)

“But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.” (Matt 6:33)

“So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.” (Lk 11:9)

Reading: Ps 119:1-48; Lk 7