Tag: Seeking HIM

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Job 23, Seeking the LORD in times of trouble!

Job 23:8-9, “LOOK, I GO FORWARD, BUT HE IS NOT THERE, AND BACKWARD, BUT I CANNOT PERCEIVE HIM; When He works on the left hand, I cannot behold Him; When He turns to the right hand, I CANNOT SEE HIM.

In times of trouble our faith is always put to the test! We seek HIM, Pray to HIM to change the situation, yet nothing seems to change; “LORD ARE YOU EVEN THERE”?

Psa 66:10, FOR YOU, O GOD, HAVE TESTED US; YOU HAVE REFINED US AS SILVER IS REFINED. 

During these times WE ARE REFINED just as gold or silver is! The fire causes the impurities to float to the surface and then it’s removed! ONE CAN EASILY SAY I HAVE FAITH IN GOD! BUT, WHEN TESTED, TRUE BELIEVERS WILL SEEK HIS MAKER EVEN MORE AND THE FALSE BELIEVER WILL BE DRAWN AWAY TO WHATEVER THEY TRUST IN MOST!

Job 23:10-11, BUT HE KNOWS THE WAY THAT I TAKE; WHEN HE HAS TESTED ME, I SHALL COME FORTH AS GOLD. MY FOOT HAS HELD FAST TO HIS STEPS; I HAVE KEPT HIS WAY AND NOT TURNED ASIDE.

Job knew that his GOD was still there even though he didn’t know why this is happening to him! JOB, KNEW HIS GOD, KNEW HIS WAYS, KNEW HIS WORD. HAPPEN WHAT MAY, I WILL TRUST IN HIM!

Job 13:15, THOUGH HE SLAY ME, YET WILL I TRUST HIM

WE AS CHRISTIANS NEED TO HOLD FAST TO HIS STEPS, THE WAY SHOWN TO US THROUGH HIS WORD, AND THROUGH HIS EXAMPLE! JESUS IS THE WAY TO THE FATHER!

Joh 14:6, JESUS said to him, “I AM THE WAY, THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE. NO ONE COMES TO THE FATHER EXCEPT THROUGH ME. 

TRIALS WILL COME, BUT TRUE BELIEVERS WILL ALWAYS BECOME STRONGER IN THEIR FAITH!

2Co 5:7, FOR WE WALK BY FAITH, NOT BY SIGHT.

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Job 17, Seeing Jesus in Job’s life!

Job 17:1-2, NLT, “My spirit is crushed, and my life is nearly snuffed out. The grave is ready to receive me. I AM SURROUNDED BY MOCKERS. I watch how bitterly they taunt me.

Job 17:4, FOR YOU HAVE HIDDEN THEIR HEART FROM UNDERSTANDING…

Job 17:6, “BUT HE HAS MADE ME A BYWORD OF THE PEOPLE, AND I HAVE BECOME ONE IN WHOSE FACE MEN SPIT. 

Job, is in agony, humiliated before everyone! People pass him by shaking their heads! Is this job! Wow what happened! BUT I SEE JESUS IN JOB’S LIFE! ON THE CROSS JESUS WAS SURROUNDED BY HIS MOCKERS!

Psa 22:6-7, But I am a worm, and no man; A REPROACH OF MEN, AND DESPISED BY THE PEOPLE. ALL THOSE WHO SEE ME RIDICULE ME…

Mat 27:30-31, THEN THEY SPAT ON HIM, and took the reed and struck Him on the head. AND WHEN THEY HAD MOCKED HIM, they took the robe off Him, put His own clothes on Him, and led Him away to be crucified.

Just like Job’s friends lacked understanding, those who crucified JESUS lacked the same!

Luk 23:34, Then Jesus said, “FATHER, FORGIVE THEM, FOR THEY DO NOT KNOW WHAT THEY DO.” …. 

JESUS KNOWS WHAT WERE GOING THROUGH IN LIFE, BECAUSE HE LIVED IT! HE WAS TESTED, HUMILIATED, MOCKED, SPAT ON AND CRUCIFIED FOR US!

Psa 139,2-4, You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought afar off. You comprehend my path and my lying down, And are acquainted with all my ways. For there is not a word on my tongue, But behold, O LORD, You know it altogether.

WHATEVER IS YOUR SITUATION, SEEK THE LORD FOR HE KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT WERE GOING THROUGH!

Psa 9:10, AND THOSE WHO KNOW YOUR NAME WILL PUT THEIR TRUST IN YOU; FOR YOU, LORD, HAVE NOT FORSAKEN THOSE WHO SEEK YOU.

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Job 16, a MAN with GOD! Jesus!

Job 16:1-3, Then Job answered and said: “I have heard many such things; MISERABLE COMFORTERS ARE YOU ALL! SHALL WORDS OF WIND HAVE AN END? Or what provokes you that you answer?

Job just wanted them to stop, they were trying to teach Job common wisdom as if didn’t know this! Rather than bringing comfort they brought him more pain!

Job 16:4-5, I also could speak as you do, IF YOUR SOUL WERE IN MY SOUL’S PLACE. I could heap up words against you, And shake my head at you; BUT I WOULD STRENGTHEN YOU WITH MY MOUTH, AND THE COMFORT OF MY LIPS WOULD RELIEVE YOUR GRIEF.

TRIALS TEACH US HOW TO COMFORT OTHERS WHO ARE GOING THROUGH THE SAME SITUATION! GOD COMFORTS US THAT WE MAY COMFORT OTHERS!

2Cor 1:3-4, BLESSED BE THE GOD AND FATHER OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, THE FATHER OF MERCIES and GOD OF ALL COMFORT, WHO COMFORTS US IN ALL OUR TRIBULATION, THAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO COMFORT THOSE WHO ARE IN ANY TROUBLE, WITH THE COMFORT WITH WHICH WE OURSELVES ARE COMFORTED BY GOD.

Job 16:20-21, My friends scorn me; MY EYES POUR OUT TEARS TO GOD. OH, THAT ONE MIGHT PLEAD FOR A MAN WITH GOD, As a man pleads for his neighbor!

This is the second time that he desires a mediator between GOD and man, Job 9:33!

BUT THERE IS ONE LIKE THE SON OF MAN, ONE WHO FELT OUR PAIN, ONE WHO CAN SYMPATHIZE WITH OUR WEAKNESSES! THAT IS THE GOD/MAN JESUS!

Heb 4:15, For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, YET WITHOUT SIN. 

Dan 7:13-14, “I was watching in the night visions, And behold, ONE LIKE THE SON OF MAN, COMING WITH THE CLOUDS OF HEAVEN! He came to the Ancient of Days, And they brought Him near before Him. THEN TO HIM WAS GIVEN DOMINION AND GLORY AND A KINGDOM, THAT ALL PEOPLES, NATIONS, AND LANGUAGES SHOULD SERVE HIM. HIS DOMINION IS AN EVERLASTING DOMINION, WHICH SHALL NOT PASS AWAY, AND HIS KINGDOM THE ONE WHICH SHALL NOT BE DESTROYED.

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2Chronicles 19, Prepare your heart!

2Ch 19:1, Then Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned safely to his house in Jerusalem. 

King Ahab setup Jehoshaphat to be killed, yet he cried out to the LORD and was saved!

2Ch 18:29,31, And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “I will disguise myself and go into battle; BUT YOU PUT ON YOUR ROBES.” …

So it was, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, “It is the king of Israel!” Therefore they surrounded him to attack; BUT JEHOSHAPHAT CRIED OUT, AND THE LORD HELPED HIM, AND GOD DIVERTED THEM FROM HIM. 

King Jehoshaphat almost lost his life because of the alliance he made with this evil family!

2Ch 19:2, And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to King Jehoshaphat, “SHOULD YOU HELP THE WICKED AND LOVE THOSE WHO HATE THE LORD? … 

JESUS DIDN’T SAY TO ALLY YOURSELF WITH YOUR ENEMIES, BUT TO PRAY FOR THEM!

Mat 5:44, But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you, 

2Ch 19:3, Nevertheless good things are found in you, in that you have removed the wooden images from the land, and HAVE PREPARED YOUR HEART TO SEEK GOD.” 

His great grandfather Rehoboam didn’t prepare his heart to seek the LORD thus did evil!

2Ch 12:14, And he did evil, because he did not prepare his heart to seek the LORD. 

WE ALL HAVE FAMILY AND FRIENDS THAT DON’T KNOW THE LORD, PRAY FOR THEM, DON’T PARTNER UP WITH THE UNGODLY!  PREPARE YOU HEART BY READING HIS WORD DAILY, AND SEEK HIS PRESENCE BY PRAYER!

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2Chronicles 15, SEEK HIM While!

2Ch 15:1-2, NOW THE SPIRIT OF GOD came upon Azariah the son of Oded. and he went out to meet Asa, and said to him: “HEAR ME, ASA, AND ALL JUDAH AND BENJAMIN. THE LORD IS WITH YOU WHILE YOU ARE WITH HIM. IF YOU SEEK HIM, HE WILL BE FOUND BY YOU; BUT IF YOU FORSAKE HIM, HE WILL FORSAKE YOU. 

Hear ME, Asa, Judah, and Benjamin, not just the king of Judah, but listen EVERYONE including US for the LORD is speaking through Azariah! THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN US AND THE LORD IS DEPENDANT ON US; BUT SIN DRIVES A WEDGE BETWEEN US AND HIM!

Deu 4:29, But from there YOU WILL SEEK THE LORD YOUR GOD, AND YOU WILL FIND HIM IF YOU SEEK HIM WITH ALL YOUR HEART AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL. 

IF you seek HIM then you shall find HIM!

Isa 55:6-7, SEEK THE LORD WHILE HE MAY BE FOUND, CALL UPON HIM WHILE HE IS NEAR. LET THE WICKED FORSAKE HIS WAY, AND THE UNRIGHTEOUS MAN HIS THOUGHTS; Let him return to the LORD, AND HE WILL HAVE MERCY ON HIM; AND TO OUR GOD, FOR HE WILL ABUNDANTLY PARDON.

Seek HIM WHILE HE may be found! TIME IS RUNNING OUT!

Isa 38:18 NLT, For the dead cannot praise you; they cannot raise their voices in praise. THOSE WHO GO DOWN TO THE GRAVE CAN NO LONGER HOPE IN YOUR FAITHFULNESS. 

For those, time ran out! HIS words of salvation through HIS SON will never be heard again!

Psa 88:11, Shall Your lovingkindness be declared in the grave? Or Your faithfulness in the place of destruction? 

JESUS paid a price for you! It’s a free gift to us but it cost HIM EVERYTHING! You can’t cleanse yourself, only HIS word can do that! 

SEEK HIM! Psa 119:9, How can a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed according to Your word. 

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2Chronicles 14, Rest in HIM!

2Ch 14:1-2, So Abijah rested with his fathers…. THEN ASA HIS SON REIGNED IN HIS PLACE. In his days the land was quiet for ten years. ASA DID WHAT WAS GOOD AND RIGHT IN THE EYES OF THE LORD HIS GOD,

He removed perverted idol-temple prostitutes which came in during Rehoboam’s reign! He even removed his grandmother Maachah from being queen mother because she made an obscene image! (1Ki 15:13).

2Ch 14:4, HE COMMANDED JUDAH TO SEEK THE LORD GOD OF THEIR FATHERS, AND TO OBSERVE THE LAW AND THE COMMANDMENT. 

Asa commanded his people to follow the LORD, BUT HE LED BY EXAMPLE IN HIS LIFE!

1Ki 15:14, But the high places were not removed. NEVERTHELESS ASA’S HEART WAS LOYAL TO THE LORD ALL HIS DAYS. 

2Ch 14:6, … HE HAD NO WAR IN THOSE YEARS, BECAUSE THE LORD HAD GIVEN HIM REST.

Psa 46:9, He makes wars cease to the end of the earth; He breaks the bow and cuts the spear in two; He burns the chariot in the fire. 

ONLY THE LORD CAN GIVE YOU TRUE REST!

Mat 11:28-30, COME TO ME, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I WILL GIVE YOU REST. Take My yoke upon you and LEARN FROM ME, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. FOR MY YOKE IS EASY AND MY BURDEN IS LIGHT.

THIS WORLD OFFERS NOTHING BUT TROUBLE, BUT JESUS’S OFFERS YOU REST

Isa 11:10, “And in that day there shall BE A ROOT OF JESSE, WHO SHALL STAND AS A BANNER TO THE PEOPLE; FOR THE GENTILES SHALL SEEK HIM, AND HIS RESTING PLACE SHALL BE GLORIOUS.” 

SO, GIVE TO JESUS YOUR ANXIETIES, YOUR WORRIES, YOUR DAILY BATTLES, AND HE SHALL GIVE YOU REST! TRUST IN THE LORD!

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2Chronicles 10, unwise advice!

2Ch 10:3-4, … And Jeroboam and all Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying, “YOUR FATHER MADE OUR YOKE HEAVY; NOW THEREFORE, LIGHTEN THE BURDENSOME SERVICE OF YOUR FATHER AND HIS HEAVY YOKE WHICH HE PUT ON US, AND WE WILL SERVE YOU.”

Solomon son Rehoboam became king over Israel and the people wanted some relief from all the burdens placed on them by Solomon!

2Ch 10:6, Then King Rehoboam consulted the elders who stood before his father Solomon …, “How do you advise me to answer these people? …”If you are kind to these people, and please them, and speak good words to them, they will be your servants forever.” 

Pro 15:1, A soft answer turns away wrath, BUT A HARSH WORD STIRS UP ANGER. 

2Ch 10:8, BUT HE REJECTED THE ADVICE WHICH THE ELDERS HAD GIVEN HIM, and consulted the young men who had grown up with him, who stood before him. 

2Ch 10:15, So the king did not listen to the people; for the turn of events was from God… 

Rehoboam took unwise advice from the young men, and with that the kingdom was divided! YET, THE LORD WAS IN FULL CONTROL OF THIS SITUATION!

Isa 30:1, “Woe to the rebellious children,” says the LORD, “WHO TAKE COUNSEL, BUT NOT OF ME, AND WHO DEVISE PLANS, BUT NOT OF MY SPIRIT, THAT THEY MAY ADD SIN TO SIN; 

Pro 2:6, For the LORD gives wisdom; From His mouth come knowledge and understanding; 

TRUE WISDOM COMES FROM THE LORD THAT’S WHY WE SHOULD ALWAYS SEEK HIS FACE AND TAKE COUNSEL OF HIM FROM HIS WORD!

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2Chronicles 7, IF my people “IF”

2Ch 7:12, Then the LORD appeared to Solomon by night, and said to him: “I HAVE HEARD YOUR PRAYER, and have chosen this place for Myself as a house of sacrifice.

GOD heard Solomon’s prayer 2Chr 6:12-42

2Ch 7:13-14, When I shut up heaven and there is NO RAIN, or command the LOCUSTS TO DEVOUR THE LAND, or send PESTILENCE among My people, IF MY PEOPLE WHO ARE CALLED BY MY NAME WILL HUMBLE THEMSELVES, AND PRAY AND SEEK MY FACE, AND TURN FROM THEIR WICKED WAYS, THEN I WILL HEAR FROM HEAVEN, AND WILL FORGIVE THEIR SIN AND HEAL THEIR LAND.

IF, MY PEOPLE!  Not only the Jewish nation, but also believers of the MOST HGH GOD! Solomon included the foreigner in his prayer (2Chr 6:32-33), “concerning a foreigner, who is not of Your people Israel”

Will HUMBLE themselves, PRAY and SEEK MY FACE and TURN FROM THEIR WICKED WAYS

Jesus has given us an example to follow! FOR HE, BEING GOD, HUMBLED HIMSELF AS AN EXAMPLE FOR US. HE PRAYED IN THE GARDEN AND SOUGHT HIS FATHERS FACE! THAT WE MAY TURN FROM OUR WICKED WAYS AND FOLLOW HIM!

Php 2:7, BUT MADE HIMSELF of no reputation, TAKING THE FORM OF A BONDSERVANT, AND COMING IN THE LIKENESS OF MEN. 

2Ch 7:15, Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to prayer made in this place. 

SEEK THE LORD AND PRAY; FOR HE IS ALWAYS LISTENING TO THE PRAYERS OF HIS SAINTS! NOT THAT WE DESERVE IT, BUT THAT HE HAS FORGIVEN US BECAUSE OF HIS SON!

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2Chronicles 1, What shall I give you?

2Ch 1:1, Now Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, AND THE LORD HIS GOD WAS WITH HIM AND EXALTED HIM EXCEEDINGLY. 

IF GOD IS FOR US, WHO CAN BE AGAINST US? (Rom 8:31) HE IS WITH US, YET HOW MANY TRULY SEEK HIS STRENGTH, HIS GUIDANCE? 

2Ch 1:6-7, And Solomon went up there to the bronze altar before the LORD, which was at the tabernacle of meeting, and offered a thousand burnt offerings on it. ON THAT NIGHT GOD APPEARED TO SOLOMON, AND SAID TO HIM, “ASK! WHAT SHALL I GIVE YOU?”

We have the same promise of GOD!

Joh 15:7, IF YOU ABIDE IN ME, AND MY WORDS ABIDE IN YOU, YOU WILL ASK WHAT YOU DESIRE, AND IT SHALL BE DONE FOR YOU.

IF YOU ABIDE IN ME! What is the condition of our heart? Do we seek for HIS glory or ours?

2Ch 1:10, NOW GIVE ME WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE, THAT I MAY GO OUT AND COME IN BEFORE THIS PEOPLE; for who can judge this great people of Yours?” 

Solomon asked for wisdom to guide the LORD’s people in the proper manner!  What would you have asked for? Riches, honor, glory; For your glory or HIS?

Jas 4:3, YOU ASK AND DO NOT RECEIVE, BECAUSE YOU ASK AMISS, THAT YOU MAY SPEND IT ON YOUR PLEASURES. 

2Ch 1:12, WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE ARE GRANTED TO YOU…

THE LORD GAVE SOLOMON MUCH MORE THAN HE COULD HAVE EVER ASKED FOR! SEEK HIS FACE, HIS HONOR FOR HIS GLORY AND HE WILL LIFT YOU UP!

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1Chronicles 28, Knowing your GOD!

1Ch 28:9, “As for you, MY SON SOLOMON, KNOW THE GOD OF YOUR FATHER, AND SERVE HIM WITH A LOYAL HEART AND WITH A WILLING MIND; FOR THE LORD SEARCHES ALL HEARTS AND UNDERSTANDS ALL THE INTENT OF THE THOUGHTS. IF YOU SEEK HIM, HE WILL BE FOUND BY YOU; but if you forsake Him, He will cast you off forever. 

Psa 9:10, And those who know Your name will put their trust in You; FOR YOU, LORD, HAVE NOT FORSAKEN THOSE WHO SEEK YOU. 

Many people go to church out of obligation, but they fail in knowing GOD! HE is a loving Father who can be found if you diligently seek HIM!

Isa 55:6, SEEK THE LORD WHILE HE MAY BE FOUND, CALL UPON HIM WHILE HE IS NEAR

Scripture points out that HE can be found in life, YET IN DEATH THERE IS NO MORE HOPE FOR HIS WORDS OF SALVATION!

Isa 38:18, For Sheol cannot thank You, Death cannot praise You; THOSE WHO GO DOWN TO THE PIT CANNOT HOPE FOR YOUR TRUTH. 

For the believer, earth is the closest they will ever be to hell! Yet, for the non-believer, this is the closest they will be to heaven!  The choice is made here and now!

Psa 119:9-10, HOW CAN A YOUNG MAN CLEANSE HIS WAY? BY TAKING HEED ACCORDING TO YOUR WORD. With my whole heart I have sought You; Oh, let me not wander from Your commandments!

Heb 11:6, But without faith it is impossible to please Him, FOR HE WHO COMES TO GOD MUST BELIEVE THAT HE IS, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.