I have heard some people say, "I have been searching for God and I could not find him. Show me your God, then I believe." If you are one of them, there is good news for you.
Some people don't believe there is a God and therefore, they don't seek Him.
"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" (Hebrews 11:6).
God's works can be seen in His creations.
"The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands" (Psalm 19:1).
If they were to spend some unhurried time to watch and admire the vast expanse of space filled with the moon and the countless stars with all the galaxies beyond, they will be inspired to believe that there should be a great and mighty Creator behind all of these creations. That little faith could stir them up to search for the Creator God.
"You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. I will be found by you," declares the Lord (Jeremiah 29:13-14).
Some people want to see God to believe Him. They think that God is someone like a human being with a physical body with all his features. But God is not a created being. He is a Spirit. He has to be Omnipresent to take care of all His creations.
"God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth" (John 4:24).
"Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? If I go to heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there. If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast" (Psalm 139:7-8).
"For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities -- his eternal power and divine nature -- have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse" (Romans 1:20).
Some wealthy and healthy people think that the gods are for the poor, sick and helpless man's crutch. They are too proud to seek God.
A certain ruler asked him, "Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?"
"Why do you call me good?" Jesus answered. "No one is good -- except God alone. You know the commandments: 'Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not give false testimony, honor your father and mother."
"All these I have kept since I was a boy," he said.
When Jesus heard this, he said to him, "You still lack one thing. Sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."
When he heard this, he became very sad, because he was a man of great wealth.
Jesus looked at him and said, "How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!" Those who heard this asked, "Who then can be saved?" Jesus replied, "What is impossible with men is possible with God" (Luke 18:18-25).
Indeed, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God. Like the Rich Ruler they put their confidence in everything other than God.
"I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of God. Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of God" (Matthew 18:3-4).
People search in philosophy and human wisdom instead of God's inspired and infallible Word.
"Where is the wise man? Where is the scholar? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe.
Jews demand miraculous signs and Greeks look for wisdom, but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, but to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.
For the foolishness of God is wiser than man's wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man's strength" (1 Corinthians 1:20-25).
"See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the basic principles of this world rather than on Christ" (Colossians 2:8).
"...and how from infancy you have known the holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work" (2 Timothy 3:15-17).
"Although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor give thanks to Him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened.
Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.
Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another. They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator -- who is forever praised" (Romans 1:21-25).
Then there are those who may be living an immoral life that they may not want to give up in order to follow God.
"This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but men loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil.
Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light, for fear that his deeds will be exposed. But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through God" (John 3:19-21).
Some people do not search for God sincerely and wholeheartedly. In 1 Chronicles 28: 9-10, King David addressed his son Solomon saying,
"And you my son Solomon, acknowledge the God of your father, and serve him with wholehearted devotion and with a willing mind, for the Lord searches every heart and understands every motive behind the thoughts. If you seek him he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will reject you forever" (1 Chronicles 28:9-10).
Some people even believe that because they are living a sinful life God will not accept them.
When the scribes of the Pharisees saw that He was eating with the sinners and tax collectors, they said to His disciples, "Why is He eating and drinking with tax collectors and sinners?"
And hearing this, Jesus said to them, "It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick; I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners" (Mark 2:15-17).
The Apostle Paul wrote to Timothy, saying,
"But for that very reason I was shown mercy so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display his unlimited patience as an example for those who would believe on him and receive eternal life" (1 Timothy 1:16).
Some others believe that God had predestined them to be lost. But the predestination is in Christ. God will accept all who come through Christ Jesus.
"Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ.
For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will -- to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves. In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's grace that he lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding.
And he made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ, to be put into effect when the times will have reached their fulfillment -- to bring all things in heaven and on earth together under one head, even Christ" (Ephesians 1:3-10).
"And you also were included in Christ when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. Having believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God's possession -- to the praise of his glory" (Ephesians 1:13-14).
Therefore, God has not excluded anyone from His grace. All sinners are welcome through Jesus Christ into His everlasting kingdom. But we could exclude ourselves from him by rejecting Jesus as our Savior and lord.
After reading this article if you have realized that you need to sincerely and wholeheartedly want to know the Creator God, here is how you could find Him.
God knows that we cannot find Him because we do not know where He is, even though he is everywhere. Therefore God came down in the person of Jesus Christ to find us and save us. It is God finding us not we try to find Him.
"There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.
We love because he first loved us. If anyone says, "I love God," yet hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen" (1 John 4:18-20).
Therefore, if you receive Jesus Christ you can know God. If you are sincerely seeking God now, here is how you can receive Jesus Christ.