I could be wrong which some more extensive research will either prove or disprove but I can find only 2 instances in the Bible that indicates God "seeking" anything. "“For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.”" (Luke 19:10, NASB95) A second instance records the words of Jesus to the Samaritan woman, where he says to her, ". . . the Father seeks to be His worshipers." (John 4:23b, NASB95). God seeks the lost and seeks worshipers. Yet they are not mutually independent. As Dr. John Piper has stated "Missions is not the ultimate goal of the Church. Worship is. Missions exists because worship doesn’t." In R. Kent Hughes book: Disciplines of a Godly Man, he rightly concludes, ". . . We must begin with the realization that worship is the number one priority of the Church . . . God desires worship above all else." This being so, the heart of God to seek and to save the lost, is ultimately that He might be worshiped.
Psalm 33:8 (NASB95)
8 Let all the earth fear the Lord; Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him.
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