Saturday 16 December 2017

Seek the Lord and live

Seek the LORD, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Bethel. – Amos 5.6

Amos kept reminding the people that though they were in a mess, there was an answer and a way back. They didn’t have to stay where they are. God was ready to get them back to where they needed to be. The way back was simple – ‘seek the Lord and live.’

It is amazing that God makes Himself so available to those who have erred and turned away. It seems like the natural thing would be to run and hide from those who have rejected Him, but He says that He is there for anyone who will seek him.

Seek the Lord while He may be found, call on Him when He may be found. Those who seek me early will find me.

Why does God keep accepting those who seek Him? After rejection after rejections after rejection why does God not just say ‘enough?’


Because God is love. It is not His will that any should perish. Even when a world rejected Him and He knew most of the world would reject His son He sent Jesus to offer the gift of eternal life. The conditions? Only turn to Him and say ‘God, be merciful to me a sinner.’ 

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