Amen. He does not sit back passively waiting for his sheep to come to Him.
“I know Mine own, Mine own know Me;
Ye, not the world, My face shall see.
My peace I leave with you.” Amen.
I would submit that this seeking and finding in our sonship with the Lord is not just “either/or”.
In any true relationship there is reciprocity. Love is not received passively by either party, but shared. This is most surely true in our covenanted relationship with the Lord.
Why else would the Lord cry out “Come to me with all your heart; don’t let sin keep us apart.”
The Lord also presented us with Life and Death and asked us to “choose” Life. He offers and asks for a definitive choice.
Then in the parable of the Prodigal Son, it is the Father who went out every day to see if He could see his son —in the distance-—returning to Him.
It is peace of soul to know how much the Lord loves us and to return that love with all our heart and soul.
There really isn’t an “either/ or” here.
It is Love given, received and given back-—the talent that returns with many times its original value.
I feel pretty sure you both know what I’m expressing here.
I leave now to get rest.