The Father Seeks Three Kinds of People

The Father seeks three groups of people in the Bible:

—Intercessors Is. 59:16; Ez. 22:30 So I sought for a man among them who would make a wall, and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found no one.

The Lord has put the power of prayer into the hands of the Church. But…He saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor" (Isa. 59:16) The Lord has the power to do whatever He wants, but He has called us to partner with Him to bring His will and Kingdom to pass. Through the power of prayer and intercession, we accomplish great things. Nations can be changed, individuals can be set free, demons can be vanquished, sickness can be healed and prison doors can be opened. There is nothing that is beyond the power of God working through praying saints.

—The Lost Lu. 15:11-32; Lu. 19:10 “for the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.” (Also Ez. 34:12)

The heart of God is never still in His search for those who do not know Him, or receive Him as Savior. Ever since He looked for Adam and Eve in the garden, He has been searching for rebellious and broken lives. In the verse above, Jesus makes it known that His purpose for coming was to seek out the lost and bring salvation to every life.

—Worshipers John 4:23–24 “But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. “God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”

Jesus makes seven references to “worship,” from verses 21 to 24. Up to this time, worship was centered around a specific place, mountain, or building. Now Jesus is telling us that true worship is centered in our hearts through relationship with Him. Worship must be “born” and made steady by the truth of the Word and “fired” by the passion of the spirit.

He is seeking those who will worship in spirit and in truth.

• To worship God from the heart ("in spirit")

• To worship God as He directs in His Word ("and truth")

Jesus was giving a contrast to the worshipers of that day who were more concerned about where, when and how they worshiped, than putting all their heart, soul, mind and strength into adoring the Lord.

“We might be wise to follow the insight of the enraptured heart

rather than the more cautious reasoning of the theological mind.”

A. W. Tozer, The Knowledge of the Holy