Before we existed, God took action. Before we decided to look for God, God had already been looking for us. - John Stott

We can never take God by surprise. We can never anticipate him. He always makes the first move. He is always there ‘in the beginning’. Before we existed, God took action. Before we decided to look for God, God had already been looking for us. The Bible isn’t about people trying to discover God, but about God reaching out to find us.

— John Stott  Basic Christianity (Downers Grove, IL: IVP, 1958)