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Unfailing Love
Sow for yourselves righteousness, reap the fruit of unfailing love, and break up your unplowed ground; for it is time to seek the LORD, until He comes and showers righteousness upon you. Hosea 10:12 NIV
As I read the Scriptures, a few things are very clear. (I have capitalized the main point to make them easy to find.)
First, GOD WANTS HIS PEOPLE TO SEEK HIM. From the beginning of time, God has been calling His greatest creation into fellowship with Him. Before a man ever seeks God, God has first sought after man.
Occasionally, I get a Sunday afternoon nap. Often I sleep while my wife reads a book. Sometimes I wake to find her staring over me. At this point she has tired of reading and ready for me to pay her some attention. I like that feeling, because I know she loves me, but it also reminds me of how God waits for me to look up to Him and pay Him some attention. God is still seeking time with His children.
Second, I see from Go d's Word that if ever man earnestly seeks God, GOD IS EASILY FOUND. Remember the story of the boy Jesus where His parents could not find Him for a short time. Mary and Joseph found Him in the temple, learning from the temple leaders. When questioned, Jesus responded, �Didn't you know I had to be in my Father's house?� God desires that same attitude in our hearts today. I have never known anyone who genuinely searched for God who didn't find Him, because God is always waiting that we may call on Him. If you seek Him, He will be found by you.
Third, once we find God, HE WILL DESIRE TO MAKE A CHANGE IN OUR LIVES. God's design for us is to be righteous. He wants us to have the mind of Christ so that we might receive the full blessings of fellowship with Him. Being perfectly Holy, God cannot accept sin� any sin. He wants to clean us up and mold us into the image of His Son. He wants to turn over the �unplowed ground� and make it fertile enough to bear good fruit. He want s to change us so we may better experience Him and all of His glory.
Dear Christian friends, it is time once again to seek the LORD!
As I read the Scriptures, a few things are very clear. (I have capitalized the main point to make them easy to find.)
First, GOD WANTS HIS PEOPLE TO SEEK HIM. From the beginning of time, God has been calling His greatest creation into fellowship with Him. Before a man ever seeks God, God has first sought after man.
Occasionally, I get a Sunday afternoon nap. Often I sleep while my wife reads a book. Sometimes I wake to find her staring over me. At this point she has tired of reading and ready for me to pay her some attention. I like that feeling, because I know she loves me, but it also reminds me of how God waits for me to look up to Him and pay Him some attention. God is still seeking time with His children.
Second, I see from Go d's Word that if ever man earnestly seeks God, GOD IS EASILY FOUND. Remember the story of the boy Jesus where His parents could not find Him for a short time. Mary and Joseph found Him in the temple, learning from the temple leaders. When questioned, Jesus responded, �Didn't you know I had to be in my Father's house?� God desires that same attitude in our hearts today. I have never known anyone who genuinely searched for God who didn't find Him, because God is always waiting that we may call on Him. If you seek Him, He will be found by you.
Third, once we find God, HE WILL DESIRE TO MAKE A CHANGE IN OUR LIVES. God's design for us is to be righteous. He wants us to have the mind of Christ so that we might receive the full blessings of fellowship with Him. Being perfectly Holy, God cannot accept sin� any sin. He wants to clean us up and mold us into the image of His Son. He wants to turn over the �unplowed ground� and make it fertile enough to bear good fruit. He want s to change us so we may better experience Him and all of His glory.
Dear Christian friends, it is time once again to seek the LORD!
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