The admonition here
is for us to seek the Lord. The Lord
puts upon us the responsibility of seeking.
He initiates the contact, but we must do our part. The Lord will not intrude on our space by
forcing himself upon us. We must reach
out for Him in response to His reaching out to us. Are you seeking the Lord? Are you intentionally and diligently looking
for the Lord’s presence in your life?
The Lord may not
always be around to be found. If we
ignore Him enough times and for long enough, we may no longer be able to find
Him. It’s not that He moves away from
us, but it’s that we move away from Him.
We can shut Him out to the point where we will no longer be open to the
desire of the heart for Him. If you are
guilty of shutting the Lord out of your life, you are treading on very
dangerous soil. Sin hardens the heart
and eventually leads to such deadness of soul that one will no longer let the
Lord in.
Ignoring or neglecting
the disciplines of Bible study and prayer causes us to drift from the
Lord. We become independent of Him and
no longer deem them to be essential for our lives. We become spiritually dull and lose our sense
of connection to the Lord. Soon, we
begin to allow sin to creep in and no longer feel guilt and shame over it. We become conditioned to sin and it takes
over our lives.
If you are guilty of
doing your thing and not seeking the Lord, take seriously today’s
admonition. Seek the Lord while He may
be found. If you don’t consistently make
the Lord a part of your living, you will wander away from Him. You may drift far enough from Him that you
won’t find your way back. Ignoring the
Lord is very serious business. Turn to
the Lord now while he is near to your soul.
The Lord will forgive you and restore you to a right relationship with
Him. He is waiting for you.
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