“Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.”
—Jeremiah 29:12–13

This is a beautiful passage of Scripture. It reminds us that when we seek God, we will find Him. Jesus said something similar in John 14:21–23:

“He who has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me; and he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will disclose Myself to him.” Judas (not Iscariot) said to Him, “Lord, what then has happened that You are going to disclose Yourself to us and not to the world?” Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our abode with him.”

Jesus was saying in essence, if you love Me, keep My Word, and obey Me, you’ll be loved by My Father, and you’ll experience Our presence and Our love for you.

These verses in Jeremiah and in John are not saying God’s love is determined by your obedience. God’s love is unconditional. But when you love Him by obeying Him, He responds to you by giving you the opportunity to experience deep fellowship with Him in a consciousness of His love and supernatural presence. In other words, you will know Him in a deeper way because He will reveal Himself to you so you can feel His love.

So many people think God is angry with them, but He loves us more than we can comprehend. Beloved, if you long to experience the deep fellowship of the Father’s love, seek Him with all your heart. If you do, you will find Him.

Father God, I need to feel Your love. I need to experience Your presence. More than anything else in life, I need You, Father God. So, Father, if there’s anything in my life that’s preventing me from entering into deeper fellowship with You, if there’s anything that’s in the way, put Your finger on it now by the power of the Holy Spirit. Break it up by Your power, O God, and release me to run deep into Your arms so I can know You fully, completely, and truly.

Rabbi Kirt A. Schneider, Rivers of Revelation (Lake Mary, FL: Charisma House, 2020), Used by permission.