Deuteronomy 4:29
Amplified Bible (AMP)
29But if from there you will seek (inquire for and require as necessity) the Lord your God, you will find Him if you [truly] seek Him with all your heart [and mind] and soul and life.
Proverbs 5:23 says that a person "will die for lack of discipline and instruction, and in the greatness of his folly he will go astray and be lost." That doesn't necessarily mean that a person will die immediately, but a lack of discipline leads towards deathly situations.
In his book A Pursuit of God, A.W. Tozier said (paraphrased) that God puts a desire in us to seek Him. But we have to discipline ourselves to seek Him. We can become too passive waiting for God to initiate a relationship with us. If you want to have a successful life, discipline yourself to seek God every day.
Kat's notes: I was touched by this devotion. Christianity is a very active form of living. We can't be passive, which often means moving against our very nature. We have to be thoughtful participants in our relationship with God as well as others. God didn't make us mindless bots who are to go about aimlessly living out life. He gave us free will to do all things including coming to him. But free will also comes with the necessity for discipline and order, because without it we create a path of destruction.
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