Vital necessity

Allow me to ask you a question this morning.  What do you consider to be of "vital necessity" in your life?  

That question is harder to answer if you really stop to think about the vital necessities of life.  As we consider the many things that we think we can't do without, several things probably come to mind aside from the obvious, like the very breath we breathe.  A light hearted approach may be easier, we all know that chocolate is a vital necessity, right up there with oxygen!  But to keep this line of thought on track, seriously consider this...love? money? car? job? children? husband or wife? a certain brand name item? the next newest version of a tech device? food? water? sleep? rest? relationship with Jesus? finding God? 

Consider this....

“For I know the thoughts and plans that I have for you, says the Lord, thoughts and plans for welfare and peace and not for evil, to give you hope in your final outcome. Then you will call upon Me, and you will come and pray to Me, and I will hear and heed you. Then you will seek Me, inquire for, and require Me [as a vital necessity] and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart. [Deut. 4:29-30.]”

Jeremiah 29:11-13 AMP

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“For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.”

Jeremiah 29:11-13 NKJV

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“For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.”

Jeremiah 29:11-13 KJV

http://bible.com/1/jer.29.11-13.kjv