Isaiah 55 (view this passage)

NHollie made this entry on January 10th, 2007
Topic(s): Devotedness

"Seek ye 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: and let him return unto the Lord, and He will have mercy upon him; and to our God for He will abundantly pardon." Isaiah 55: 6,7

For most decent Christians, seeking God isn’t usually an issue, but seeking Him wholeheartedly often is. It’s not really hard to take ten or fifteen minutes out of the day to read the quarterly, and it only takes a little effort to say a short prayer right before falling asleep in the bed. The challenging part comes when you’ve done the basics and you still aren’t spiritually filled. At that point, there’s a decision to be made - either resume life feeling that you did your duty or tarry with the Lord longer until He blesses you with spiritual guidance. But most times, tarrying longer means making a sacrifice - especially when free time is scarce. Time is a free gift from God, and so it’s not appropriate to spend all our time on ourselves and then leave nothing for God. If God is the center of our lives, then He should be at the center of our daily schedules too - not confined to a small corner or wherever He can fit. I guess it would help to completely block out any mundane thoughts while communing with God, so at least it wouldn’t be a temptation to think about any other agendas. God wants the best of our time, just like He wanted the best of the flock for sacrifices. What business do we have anyway in giving God anything less than the best, considering the fact that He gave away His begotten Son, the Lord Christ, without hesitation. Only God truly knows what it means to make a sacrifice, what it means to give until it hurts. Daily devotion and sincere worship are very small sacrifices that don’t hurt to do, and also they help in preparing us for making big sacrifices in the future when Christianity is no longer popular or no longer legal.

1 Comment

Yeah I agree it is hard to give God the best. I admit I often find myself cutting God short on my time with Him, and it bothers me for a little while but then (sadly) I shrug it off and continue on with my day. That is something to really be ashamed of. This kind of leads into what I also got out of Isiah 55. To me this almost seems like the story of our salvation. We are sinful and thirsty but we have no money or goodness of our own to save ourselves. Even though we are poor, however, God is calling for us to freely take His gifts of water and food. God is able to save us. There is no work we can do to save ourselves. The good news is, God is more than able to quench our thirst like He said. While we must seek the Lord with all of our power, we must not think that by seeking we are somehow doing it ourselves. By our own strength we will fail. We need to have faith in God that He will give us the power to do even the things like have a daily devotion.


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