Seeking God- God’s search for man.

God’s complaints in:

Failure to seek the God of the house instead of the house of God -

Amos 5:5-6  

5 do not seek Bethel, do not go to Gilgal, do not journey to Beersheba. For Gilgal will surely go into exile, and Bethel will be reduced to nothing.”

6 Seek the LORD and live, or he will sweep through the house of Joseph like a fire; it will devour, and Bethel will have no one to quench it.

Failure to put confidence in God and seeking him instead if turning to the resources and methods of the world -

Isaiah 31:1  

Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in the multitude of their chariots and in the great strength of their horsemen, but do not look to the Holy One of Israel, or seek help from the LORD.

Failure to respond to discipline by turning and seeking God -

Isaiah 9:13  

But the people have not returned to him who struck them, nor have they sought the LORD Almighty.

Failure to return and seek God notwithstanding the consequences of forsaking God -

Hosea 7:10  

Israel's arrogance testifies against him, but despite all this he does not return to the LORD his God or search for him.

Failure of man to seek God through willful refusal of the “pride of countenance,” i.e. a snobbish attitude -

Psalms 10:4  

In his pride the wicked does not seek him; in all his thoughts there is no room for God.

Failure to render unto God according to the benefits bestowed by God -

2 Chronicles 32:25  

But Hezekiah's heart was proud and he did not respond to the kindness shown him; therefore the LORD's wrath was on him and on Judah and Jerusalem.

Failure to return to God notwithstanding the assurance of his promises -

Isaiah 30:15  

This is what the Sovereign LORD, the Holy One of Israel, says: “In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength, but you would have none of it.

Failure of men to stir themselves to seek the Lord instead of remaining in a state of indifference and lethargy -

Isaiah 64:7  

No one calls on your name or strives to lay hold of you; for you have hidden your face from us and made us waste away because of our sins.