Seekers

"Seeking God" (darash, baqash in Hebrew; zeteo in Greek) is a foundational posture of biblical faith — the active orientation of the whole person toward God in prayer, worship, and obedience. The great covenant promise is that those who seek God will find him: "You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart" (Jer. 29:13; Deut. 4:29). The psalmist's longing — "As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God" (Ps. 42:1) — expresses the seeker's spirit.

Seeking God in the OT involves prayer, inquiry at the sanctuary, and walking in his ways. The failure to seek God is a symptom of apostasy: "The LORD looks down from heaven on the children of man, to see if there are any who understand, who seek after God" — and finds none among the unrighteous (Ps. 14:2–3). Jesus promises that those who ask will receive, seek will find, and knock will have the door opened (Matt. 7:7–8). The Athenians unknowingly "sought God, in the hope that they might feel their way toward him and find him" (Acts 17:27).