▪︎ Seek God with all your heart – Deut 4:29; 1Chron 22:19, 28:9; 2Chron 15:2, 12-13;
▪︎ Seek Him first – Matt 6:33;
▪︎ Seek His face – 2Chron 7:14;
▪︎ Seek His word – 1Chron 28:8; 2Chron 14:4;
▪︎ Rend your heart if necessary – Joel 2:12, 13;
▪︎ The remnant of Israel sought God and followed their heart to worship Him in Jesrualem – 2Chron 11:16;
▪︎ Rehoboam did not seek God and became corrupt – 2Chron 12:14;
▪︎ Jehosaphat set his heart to seek the Lord – 2Chron 19:3;
(full text – 2Chron_19:1-9
▪︎ The captives exhiled to Babylon returned to God with all their heart – Jer 24:7;
▪︎ Hezekiah sought God with his whole heart – 2Chron 31:21;
▪︎ Judah sought God but with deception, treachery – Jer 3:10-11;
▪︎ God is near to those who call in truth – Ps 145:18;
▪︎ Seek Him first – Matt 6:33;
▪︎ Seek His face – 2Chron 7:14;
▪︎ Seek His word – 1Chron 28:8; 2Chron 14:4;
▪︎ Rend your heart if necessary – Joel 2:12, 13;
▪︎ The remnant of Israel sought God and followed their heart to worship Him in Jesrualem – 2Chron 11:16;
▪︎ Rehoboam did not seek God and became corrupt – 2Chron 12:14;
▪︎ Jehosaphat set his heart to seek the Lord – 2Chron 19:3;
(full text – 2Chron_19:1-9
1Then Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned in safety to his house in Jerusalem.& 2Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the LORD and so bring wrath on yourself from the LORD? 3“But there is some good in you, for you have removed the Asheroth from the land and you have set your heart to seek God.”
4So Jehoshaphat lived in Jerusalem and went out again among the people from Beersheba to the hill country of Ephraim and brought them back to the LORD, the God of their fathers.
5He appointed judges in the land in all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city. 6He said to the judges, “Consider what you are doing, for you do not judge for man but for the LORD who is with you when you render judgment. 7“Now then let the fear of the LORD be upon you; be very careful what you do, for the LORD our God will have no part in unrighteousness or partiality or the taking of a bribe.”
8In Jerusalem also Jehoshaphat appointed some of the Levites and priests, and some of the heads of the fathers’ households of Israel, for the judgment of the LORD and to judge disputes among the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 9Then he charged them saying, “Thus you shall do in the fear of the LORD, faithfully and wholeheartedly.
)4So Jehoshaphat lived in Jerusalem and went out again among the people from Beersheba to the hill country of Ephraim and brought them back to the LORD, the God of their fathers.
5He appointed judges in the land in all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city. 6He said to the judges, “Consider what you are doing, for you do not judge for man but for the LORD who is with you when you render judgment. 7“Now then let the fear of the LORD be upon you; be very careful what you do, for the LORD our God will have no part in unrighteousness or partiality or the taking of a bribe.”
8In Jerusalem also Jehoshaphat appointed some of the Levites and priests, and some of the heads of the fathers’ households of Israel, for the judgment of the LORD and to judge disputes among the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 9Then he charged them saying, “Thus you shall do in the fear of the LORD, faithfully and wholeheartedly.
▪︎ The captives exhiled to Babylon returned to God with all their heart – Jer 24:7;
▪︎ Hezekiah sought God with his whole heart – 2Chron 31:21;
▪︎ Judah sought God but with deception, treachery – Jer 3:10-11;
▪︎ God is near to those who call in truth – Ps 145:18;