“Seek the LORD while He may be found, Call upon Him while He is near,”
This divine invitation is mainly for unrepentant sinners, yet the true believer even now can apply this verse. Though he’s already found the Lord, He is still beckoning the believer: “Seek the LORD while He may be found” which is a constant truth for the believer that the Lord is always near with him. How often though, is the believer so distracted by little trinkets such as creation, theology, blessing, evangelism, even fellowship and ministry, that he does not hear the divine knuckles of his Savoir knocking on his heart so that the believer might welcome Him in and dine with the Lord, which is the highest form of communion and fellowship on earth.
“Call upon Him while He is near.” Again for the believer, this will always be true. Even when our minds are thinking carnal things, or when our soul faints within us because we believe Satan’s lie that God is far away on His lofty throne dealing with more important matters than answering us, He’s yet more near to us than how our eyes are near to our head. What father doesn’t run to his child when the child cries out in distress, what father doesn’t keep his yes affectionately on the child whom he loves; how much more than with our omnipresent and omnipotent Father be towards His children who’s names are engraved into His hands? Even in times of spiritual silence and dryness of prayer where the Lord seems far, He’s near.
Application: Sometimes I can be so distracted by things at the Ranch that I don’t seek the Lord who is always near to me. In times of business, service, and ministry, I can still be with my Father, acknowledging Him and seeking His help and counsel. I’m also going to spend more time in personal devotional time with the Lord instead of being distracted by guitar and games in the coffee shop.
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