SEEKING YAH WITH ALL OUR HEART

Psalm chapter 119




Today we are walking in: Seeking Yah With All Our Heart






Exodus 3:18


And they shall hearken to thy voice: and thou shalt come, thou and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall say unto him, The LORD God of the Hebrews hath met with us: and now let us go, we beseech thee, three days' journey into the wilderness, H4057 that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.




Today we look to the word-WILDERNESS- H4057 midbar --wilderness, pasture, uninhabited land




The Torah testifies.......................................




Genesis 16:7


And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, H4057 by the fountain in the way to Shur.




Exodus 4:27


And the LORD said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness H4057 to meet Moses. And he went, and met him in the mount of God, and kissed him.



Numbers 14:33


And your children shall wander in the wilderness H4057 forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness. H4057




Deuteronomy 1:31


And in the wilderness, H4057 where thou hast seen how that the LORD thy God bare thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went, until ye came into this place.





The prophets proclaim..................






Isaiah 42:11


Let the wilderness H4057 and the cities thereof lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains.



Isaiah 43:19


Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, H4057 and rivers in the desert.



Jeremiah 9:12


Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and who is he to whom the mouth of the LORD hath spoken, that he may declare it, for what the land perisheth and is burned up like a wilderness, H4057 that none passeth through?



Ezekiel 20:13


But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: H4057 they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; and my sabbaths they greatly polluted: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness, H4057 to consume them.






The Writings bear witness.............








Joshua 1:4


From the wilderness H4057 and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast.




2Chronicles 1:3


So Solomon, and all the congregation with him, went to the high place that was at Gibeon; for there was the tabernacle of the congregation of God, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the wilderness. H4057




Nehemiah 9:19


Yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness: H4057 the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to shew them light, and the way wherein they should go.



Psalm 65:12


They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness: H4057 and the little hills rejoice on every side.



Psalm 78:15


He clave the rocks in the wilderness, H4057 and gave them drink as out of the great depths.








Seeking Yah With All Our Heart


The Scriptures tell us that ‘happy’ or ‘blessed’ are those who keep Yah’s testimonies, and those who seek Yah with their whole heart:


Blessed (happy) are they that keep His testimonies, and that seek Him with the whole heart. (Psalms 119:2)


That word ‘keep’ is the Hebrew word ‘natsar’ (Strong’s #5341), which means to guard, protect, maintain, observe, obey.


If we desire to please Yah by keeping, guarding, obeying His testimonies; if we want to walk with Him and do what He has called us to DO, then we must begin to ‘seek‘ Him! We must begin to find out what His written Word [the Bible] says. We must begin to seek out what Yah says, His testimonies — seeking Him with our whole heart, seeking what He tells us in His Word!


But what does it really mean, to seek Yah?


When we seek Yah, we are searching and studying His written Word, seeking Him and inquiring of Him through prayer and supplication. We are searching in His Word [the Bible] — the WORD of Yah Elohim [the Hebrew name for the Most High Yah]. And it is this WORD was made flesh and dwelt among us; this WORD is the person – Yahusha Messiah (John 1:1,14).


How do we seek Him with our whole heart?


Whole-Heartedly


When we seek for something with a ‘whole heart‘, then we are searching with great desire, diligence, and with a passion, and even with a measure of agony. ALL our attention and energy will be focused on the one thing we are seeking!


Yahusha Messiah [] told a story of a woman who lost one coin, and so she sought for it diligently:


Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find it? And when she hath found it, she calleth her friends and her neighbours together, saying, Rejoice with me; for I have found the piece which I had lost. (Luke 15:8-9)


From the above Scripture example, we can be certain that ‘seeking diligently’ is seeking with a ‘whole‘ heart. Seeking diligently is not half-hearted seeking!


What do we do, when we lose something valuable?


We search diligently and intensely!! Right?


Yes! We look desperately, anxiously, searching and seeking until we find the lost treasure!


This is the way we are to seek Yah — diligently, intensely, passionately!


Those who find the Words of Messiah find His life and power (Hebrews 4:12). These come to know Yah because they seek Him with ALL their heart.


Here is a clue that Father has given us:


And you shall seek Me, and find Me, when you shall search for Me with all your heart. (Jeremiah 29:13)


The above Scripture tells us that we will find Yah, if we search for Him with all our heart!


Seek and You Shall Find


If we are going to seek our Heavenly Father with ALL our heart, then we must have an earnest, intense, and concentrated desire to find Him — a consuming desire to search for Him, as searching persistently for great treasure!


We need to have such an intense desire that we are willing to overcome any difficulties (Acts 14:22). Our heart must be FULL of desire to know Yah, to understand Him, obey His Word, and become His friend. We need to search deliberately, thoroughly, and patiently, until we know that we have found Him, the One Who is our greatest treasure! (see Proverbs 2)


If we are to seek Him, we must not be satisfied with an impersonal, formal, overinflated ‘religious’ ceremony that claims to ‘make things right.’ We must not be satisfied with man‘s definition of ‘finding Yah’ or man‘s definition of being ‘right with Yah’.


Instead, we must yearn to know Yah and His presence, according to the Scriptures!


That means seeking Him for ourselves, personally!


Finding Yah will happen only when we are desperate to know Him, desperate to know Him as a person, and to know His truth, for ourselves!


It is possible to know Yah! — to know Him, to love Him, and to know His character and His ways! He wants us to know Him:


Ask and it shall be given to you; seek and you shall find; knock and it shall be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; and he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, it shall be opened. (Matthew 7:7-8)


As this passage encourages us, Yah promises to reward those who ask of Him and seek Him.


We can grow in our knowledge of Yah.


We can become better acquainted with Him everyday, by studying/obeying His Words, and by crying out to Him in our prayer closet, asking Him to show Himself to us.


It is through His written WORD alone that we come to know Him, IF we truly want to know Him.


But we need to persistently search for Him with all our heart!


Yah Elohim wants a relationship with each one of us! This has always been His desire:


You have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles’ wings, and brought you unto Myself. Now therefore, if you will obey My voice indeed, and keep My covenant, then you shall be a peculiar treasure unto Me above all people: for all the earth is Mine: And you shall be unto Me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. (Exodus 19:4-6a)


Yah is faithful, by whom you were called unto the fellowship of His Son Yahusha Messiah [] our Most High. (1 Corinthians 1:9)


If You Love Me


Look at what Yah has told us:


You shall call upon Me [Yah Elohim (the Most High Yah)], and you shall go and pray unto Me, and I will hearken unto you. And you shall seek Me, and find Me, when you shall search for Me with all your heart! And I will be found of you, saith Yah [the Most High]. (Jeremiah 29:12-14a)


Be still (cease fretting, cease resisting), and know that I am Yah. (Psalms 46:10a)


Keep My Sabbaths holy, [set-apart as special]; and they shall be a sign between Me and you, that you may know that I am Yah [the Most High] your Yah. (Ezekiel 20:20)


Know ye that Yah He is Yah: it is He that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture. (Psalms 100:3)


And this is life eternal, that they might know You, the only true Yah, and Yahusha Messiah [], whom You have sent. (John 17:3)


If ye love Me, keep [obey] My commandments. (John 14:15)


As these verses tell us, all who genuinely seek to know Yah Elohim [the Most High Yah] — all who seek to love Him and understand Him — they are the ones who choose to believe His Son, Yahusha Messiah [], and choose to keep and obey His testimonies and His commandments.


But we must begin to earnestly seek Him by prayer, by reading/studying His WORD in the written Scriptures, and by obeying Him — this is seeking Him with ALL our heart! We do this one-step-at-a-time, little by little, every day, seeking Him for His wisdom and guidance.


Anyone who desires to know Yah will have a strong commitment and attitude to search for Him, setting aside time each day to wait on Him in prayer and the reading of His written Word!


Our seeking to know Yah needs to be persistent, even forceful! We must cry out to Him for understanding, strength, and patience! Otherwise we will not overcome our own weaknesses, nor the temptation to give up.


Remember too —


Yah is a Spirit: and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth. (John 4:24)


His Ways of revealing Himself to us will not be according to our own ways (Isaiah 55:8-9).


So be prepared to seek Him with patience! Searching for Yah takes studying and reading the Bible for ourselves, reading it prayerfully, over and over, soaking our mind and heart in His Words (Psalms 119:11).


Have you ever wondered why Yah hides Himself, while only giving out clues here and there?


It is because He yearns for those who are serious, those who truly desire to know Him, according to His Word!!


Father Yah longs for children who truly want to love Him, and show their love for Him. We do this by beginning to be obedient (even in very small ways) to His ‘House Rules’ — the guidelines given to His family, written in the Scriptures!


“The most crucial danger to a Hebrew, whatever his role, is to lack a passion for Hamachiach. The most direct route to personal renewal and new effectiveness is a new, all-consuming passion for our Saviour. O Most High, give us this passion, whatever the cost!” — Wesley L. Duewel


The Rewarder


Getting to know Yah personally results in an ever-increasing, inner peace.


Knowing Yah results in an assurance of His love and guidance!


Learning Yah’s Word and His Ways, and walking in His truth brings a contentment to our life that surpasses understanding!


Therefore, let us take firm hold of His promise:


Yah IS a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him! (Hebrews 11:6; see also Psalms 119:165)


The apostle Paul sought Messiah, and found Him.


Paul was willing to suffer the loss of all things, counting them as rubbish, in order to gain the supremely excellent fellowship and friendship of Messiah Yahusha (Philippians 3:8).


May it be, Dear Fiveamprayer, that you and I will have the same, all-consuming desire and passion that Paul had!


Let us press in and search for Yah Elohim, through His Son, Yahusha Messiah (John 14:6; 2 John 1:9).


Let us pray for a passion to search for Yah, the Holy One of Israel, seeking Him diligently — with ALL our heart — until we know that we know that we have found Him!