Where's God?

[Walter and Deborah]

Friday 3-25-22 6th. Day Of The Weekly Cycle, 21st. day Of Adar II, 5782 6th. Spring Day

Where’s God?

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Read: Jeremiah 29:4–7, 10–14 | Bible in a Year: Joshua 19–21; Luke 2:25–52
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You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. Jeremiah 29:13

In Martin Handford’s Where’s Waldo? books, a series of children’s puzzle books first created in 1987, the elusive character wears a red and white striped shirt and socks with a matching hat, blue jeans, brown boots, and glasses.

Handford has cleverly hidden Waldo in plain sight within the busy illustrations filled with crowds of characters at various locations around the world. Waldo isn’t always easy to see, but the creator promises readers will always be able to find him. Though looking for God isn’t really like looking for Waldo in a puzzle book, our Creator promises we can find Him, too.

Through the prophet Jeremiah, God instructed His people on how to live as foreigners in exile (Jeremiah 29:4–9). He promised to protect them until He restored them according to His perfect plan (vv. 10–11). God assured the Israelites that the fulfillment of His promise would deepen their commitment to call on Him in prayer (v. 12).

Today, even though God has revealed Himself in the story and Spirit of Jesus, it can be easy to get distracted by the busyness of this world. We may even be tempted to ask, “Where’s God?” However, the Creator and Sustainer of all things declares that those who belong to Him will always find Him if they seek Him with all their hearts (vv. 13–14).

What distractions prevent you from spending time seeking God through Bible reading and prayer? How has God helped you focus on Him when busyness tugs you away from Him?

Loving Creator and Sustainer of all, please help me seek You daily with all my heart and trust You will keep the promises You’ve made.

INSIGHT
God used the Assyrians and Babylonians to discipline His people for their unfaithfulness (Jeremiah 1:15–16; 5:15–17). Israel was completely destroyed by the Assyrians in 722 bc, but God wouldn’t allow the Babylonians to destroy Judah completely (5:18–19; 2 Kings 17:18–20).

Though Judah would be in Babylon for seventy years (Jeremiah 25:11), God promised He would “watch over them for their good, and . . . bring them back to this land” (24:6). Jeremiah reiterated that God would bring them back after the seventy years were completed (29:10). In the meantime, they were to settle down in Babylon (vv. 4–9).

By Xochitl Dixon|March 25th, 2022

Spiritual Disciplines Jeremiah 29:4-7, 10-14

4Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, unto all that are carried away captives, whom I have caused to be carried away from Jerusalem unto Babylon; 5Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them;

6Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; that ye may be increased there, and not diminished. 7And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captives, and pray unto the LORD for it: for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace.

10 For thus saith the Lord, That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.

11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

12 Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.

13 And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.

14 And I will be found of you, saith the Lord: and I will turn away your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith the Lord; and I will bring you again into the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive.

Love, Walter and Debbie

[missmuffet]

If a person is a born again Christian God is right there within them. 

[Walter and Deborah]

35 minutes ago, missmuffet said:

If a person is a born again Christian God is right there within them. 

Amen! I thought that this story would be encouraging for someone, 

Usually, the first answer we learned was simple, certain, and reliable: God is in heaven. But “Where is God?” is not really a child’s question. It is a question many people are asking right now - one that often arises in the wake of troubling events, such as Roseburg, Aurora, or Sandy Hook.

 

Love, Walter

Edited March 25, 2022 by Walter and Deborah
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[Riverwalker]

Where isn't God?

 

[bropro]

10 hours ago, Walter and Deborah said:

Friday 3-25-22 6th. Day Of The Weekly Cycle, 21st. day Of Adar II, 5782 6th. Spring Day

Where’s God?

https://dzxuyknqkmi1e.cloudfront.net/odb/2022/03/odb-03-25-22.mp3

Read: Jeremiah 29:4–7, 10–14 | Bible in a Year: Joshua 19–21; Luke 2:25–52
Download MP3
Subscribe to iTunes

You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. Jeremiah 29:13

In Martin Handford’s Where’s Waldo? books, a series of children’s puzzle books first created in 1987, the elusive character wears a red and white striped shirt and socks with a matching hat, blue jeans, brown boots, and glasses.

Handford has cleverly hidden Waldo in plain sight within the busy illustrations filled with crowds of characters at various locations around the world. Waldo isn’t always easy to see, but the creator promises readers will always be able to find him. Though looking for God isn’t really like looking for Waldo in a puzzle book, our Creator promises we can find Him, too.

Through the prophet Jeremiah, God instructed His people on how to live as foreigners in exile (Jeremiah 29:4–9). He promised to protect them until He restored them according to His perfect plan (vv. 10–11). God assured the Israelites that the fulfillment of His promise would deepen their commitment to call on Him in prayer (v. 12).

Today, even though God has revealed Himself in the story and Spirit of Jesus, it can be easy to get distracted by the busyness of this world. We may even be tempted to ask, “Where’s God?” However, the Creator and Sustainer of all things declares that those who belong to Him will always find Him if they seek Him with all their hearts (vv. 13–14).

What distractions prevent you from spending time seeking God through Bible reading and prayer? How has God helped you focus on Him when busyness tugs you away from Him?

Loving Creator and Sustainer of all, please help me seek You daily with all my heart and trust You will keep the promises You’ve made.

INSIGHT
God used the Assyrians and Babylonians to discipline His people for their unfaithfulness (Jeremiah 1:15–16; 5:15–17). Israel was completely destroyed by the Assyrians in 722 bc, but God wouldn’t allow the Babylonians to destroy Judah completely (5:18–19; 2 Kings 17:18–20).

Though Judah would be in Babylon for seventy years (Jeremiah 25:11), God promised He would “watch over them for their good, and . . . bring them back to this land” (24:6). Jeremiah reiterated that God would bring them back after the seventy years were completed (29:10). In the meantime, they were to settle down in Babylon (vv. 4–9).

By Xochitl Dixon|March 25th, 2022

Spiritual Disciplines Jeremiah 29:4-7, 10-14

4Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, unto all that are carried away captives, whom I have caused to be carried away from Jerusalem unto Babylon; 5Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them;

6Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; that ye may be increased there, and not diminished. 7And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captives, and pray unto the LORD for it: for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace.

10 For thus saith the Lord, That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.

11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

12 Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.

13 And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.

14 And I will be found of you, saith the Lord: and I will turn away your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith the Lord; and I will bring you again into the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive.

Love, Walter and Debbie

I believe the verses below about sums it up.

Psalm 139:7-10 (NASB)
⁷  Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence?
⁸  If I ascend to heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are there.
⁹  If I take the wings of the dawn, If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea,
¹⁰  Even there Your hand will lead me, And Your right hand will lay hold of me.

But again, as has already been mentioned, the child of God does not ask this question. They already know.

Gary

Edited March 26, 2022 by bropro

[Walter and Deborah]

2 hours ago, Riverwalker said:

Where isn't God?

 

He isn't dead and much alive.

Love, Walter 

[Selah7]

Where is God?

God is EVERYWHERE.  He IS.  

“I AM THAT I AM”

 

[Worship Warriors]

Where is God?

He is a personal God who wants to have intimacy with us. If we draw near to God, he will draw near to us and manifest himself to us.

Edited March 26, 2022 by Worship Warriors

[Mike Mclees]

God is infinite and omnipresent He exists throughout the whole universe and before anything was made. This thought ruins atheists and scientists' mentality.   

[TheBlade]

On 3/25/2022 at 11:54 AM, Riverwalker said:

Where isn't God?

 

Oh amen..even in this fallen world.. everything is held together by Him. Those that hate Him..He still shows His love..for God so loved the world.