Seek Him!

Seek Him!

Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near. Isaiah 55:6‭ KJV

The Inspiration:

The warning or admonition in today's verse is quite critical in this season we are in. The world has always been in opposition to God, and there is nothing happening now that God did not forsee and warn about in His Word. As you read the pages of the Bible and learn about the experiences of men and women of old, how they walked with God, and how God dealt with them, you get to see both the predictable nature of God as well as the indescribable experience of hid dealings with man. There are no similar stories; even for the father-son combination of Abraham and Isaac, we see that their journeys were different and even the end of their lives were also different. The same God called each one, and each had to respond to the call of God, and then walk with God in light of the personal understanding of God's expectations. 

The Contention:

For me who is reading these stories today, the message is still the same: it is the same God who calls me to Himself. His standards have not changed, and all who come to Him on his terms will find Him. That is the promise He made to Abraham then, as well as to generations after him like Isaiah, as well as to us who are on earth today. God is not like man who needs to be bribed to give access, but as long as I come with the right heart, seeking Him for the right reasons, and committing to walking with and working for Him whenever and wherever He may direct, He will make Hmself available to me. One thing today's verse seems to make clear is that while God is eternal, access to him down here is not endless. The earth is in place for a season, and when the time comes for the change that God has already promised, all we see down here will be destroyed by fire. Is this earth then what I would want to kill for?

The Conclusion:

I must call out to Him now, while this earth remains in place, and I have life in me. A time comes soon when the owner of life will place a demand on the soul and an account must be rendered of all that I have done with the life He gave. On that day, would I have an excuse why I didn't call out to Him for help? Would I be able to stand before the God who I had no time for while on earth? The best use of this life is to use it for a purpose that will outlive it, and that will be the pursuit of all that is God. God is the Almighty, and I can call on Him anytime and anywhere,, but I must also remember that this earth is limited. I will not always have time to do what I want to do when I want to do them. Esau sought the blessing of the firstborn with tears, but it was too late for him. I have today to seek God; nothing else is promised. God's time of favour is here.