Deuteronomy 4:29
Seek the LORD
29 But if from there you seek the LORD your God, you will find him if you seek him with all your heart and with all your soul.
Jeremiah 29:13
Seeking the LORD
13 You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.
Ezekiel 36:37-38 (KJV)
Asking the LORD
37 Thus saith the Lord God; I will yet for this be enquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them; I will increase them with men like a flock.
38 As the holy flock, as the flock of Jerusalem in her solemn feasts; so shall the waste cities be filled with flocks of men: and they shall know that I am the Lord.
Matthew 7:7-12
Seek and Ask
7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
8 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
9 Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?
10 Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?
11 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?
12 Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
The LORD wants us to seek Him with all our minds and all our hearts...Just to seek Him with our minds and without compassion is not enough...He wants this compassionate seeking of Him...This compassion is love, and love for Him...
In our prayers, we seek God...And He wants us to ask Him things...He is our Father and He created us in His image...We are His children...He wants us to be curious children who ask...But as children, we should not expect to get and receive everything we ask for, but He tells us to inquire about what is on our minds and hearts...When the LORD told the prophet Ezekiel that when His people of Israel ask of Him, He would increase those things with men like a flock...But they needed to ask, before they would receive the things He would send to them...Our Father wants us to seek Him and ask Him the questions on our minds and on our hearts...He Loves us...
Jesus teaches us that we are children of God, and He will us the gifts we need, and they are good and holy gifts...But we need to seek, so we can find Him...Ask Him, so He knows we are compassionate about what we are asking for...Knock and be persistent in our prayers...He is a Loving Father, who loves us...Let us do everything we do in love...We learn great things from the prophets...The great prophets teach us the Golden Rule...What I expect for myself, I should do to others in the same circumstances, that I am in...A loving Father with a loving Son wants us to be loving children, His loving children...