A seeking and saving God

Yesterday we again had the privilege to have fellowship with God. Those who came to Church to worship were blessed by being in God’s presence.
But on what basis can we unholy creatures face a holy God?

We have this opportunity, because our God is a seeking and a saving God. He is:
(1 Tim 2:3-4) ... God our Saviour, (4) who wants all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth.

God does not want any person to perish. God takes no pleasure in the death of wicked men, rather, he waits for the wicked to turn from their ways and live. Through the prophet Ezekiel the Lord asks,
(Ezek 18:23) Do I take any pleasure in the death of the wicked? ... Rather, am I not pleased when they turn from their ways and live?

Just as a parent cannot abandon a badly behaved son or daughter, so the Lord cannot desert his sinful people. Rather, he loves us, wants to save us from ourselves and he listens to our prayers.

It is because God seeks the salvation of all and the destruction of none that he commands us to make "requests, prayers, intercessions and thanksgiving" for everyone (1 Tim 2:1). It is only because God wants to seek and save everyone, that we can and have to offer our prayers, for everyone. The result of our prayers is “that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness.”(1Tim 2:2)

But many resist this seeking and saving God. We often are so consumed by our selfishness and pride and our own ideas, that we resist God's quest to grant us peaceful and quiet lives. We rather choose to run from our Father, and seek what cannot satisfy.
Did you come to the Lord to be cared for and receive God’s affection yesterday?