Are You Seeking For Me? Well Here I Am!

Are you seeking for Me? Well here I am!

Second Chronicles chapter 15 speaks to people who want to know this one question:

What does it mean to seek the Lord—and what happens when we do?

When God’s people seek the LORD wholeheartedly, He meets them, strengthens them, reforms them, and gives them rest.

Many people want God’s blessings but without God Himself.

Today we are talking about king Asa of Judah, the Southern tribe. Was he good or bad? Yay! He was considered Good!

I. God’s Promise to Those Who Seek Him (vv. 1–2)

2 Chronicles 15

1 The Spirit of God came on Azariah son of Oded. 2 He went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin. The Lord is with you when you are with him. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.

A prophet named Azariah comes to King Asa with a simple message:

“The LORD is with you when you are with Him. If you seek Him, He will be found by you.”

That is a comforting promise.

Notice what God does not say:

He does not say, “If you are strong enough.”

He does not say, “If you never failed.”

He does not say, “If you’re young.”

He says, “If you seek Me.”

Seeking the Lord means turning your heart toward Him—trusting Him, leaning on Him, talking to Him, listening to Him.

Illustration:

When you lose something in the house like your car keys or your cell phone, what do you do? Most of us look around the house for it until we find it, right! You don’t just say, oh well, and then go to the Lexus dealer and buy another new $80K car and go to T-Mobile website and spend another $1500 on another new phone. It’s just money, right!? Most of us can’t just do that!

However, in this town, some people are so rich they have three or more cars in their front yard… up on jack stands.

But no, if you lose something, you look around until you find it! It might take you an hour but you’ll do it! Those keys are always in the last place you look! …Because you don’t keep looking for them if you’ve found them, right!

But many of us forsake God and then instead of seeking Him again with all our heart, we just go on about our business and leave Him and forsake Him. This should not be! You should be friends and chatting with Him all the time and reading the bible - or if you speak christianese: communing with Him all of the time.

If you’re doing that, what happens? It’s going to go well for you.

Read Your Bible, Pray Every Day

Pray Every Day, Pray Every Day;

Read Your Bible, Pray Every Day,

And You Will Grow, Grow, Grow.

You Will Grow, Grow, Grow,

You Will Grow, Grow, Grow.

Read Your Bible, Pray Everyday,

And You Will Grow, Grow, Grow.

If you’re not doing that, what happens? It’s not going to go well for you.

Don’t Read Your Bible And Forget To Pray

And Forget To Pray, And Forget To Pray;

Don’t Read Your Bible And Forget To Pray,

And You Will Shrink, Shrink, Shrink.

You Will Shrink, Shrink, Shrink,

You Will Shrink, Shrink, Shrink.

Don’t Read Your Bible And Forget To Pray,

And You Will Shrink, Shrink, Shrink.

God is not far away. He is near. He promises, “I will be found by you.”

That promise is still true today.

II. Life Without Seeking the Lord (vv. 3–6)

2 Chronicles 3-6 - Life without seeking the Lord

3 For a long time Israel was without the true God, without a priest to teach and without the law. 4 But in their distress they turned to the Lord, the God of Israel, and sought him, and he was found by them. 5 In those days it was not safe to travel about, for all the inhabitants of the lands were in great turmoil. 6 One nation was being crushed by another and one city by another, because God was troubling them with every kind of distress.

What happens to a godless nation when they don’t follow God and when they stop following laws and stop caring about right and wrong? Eek! You don’t want God on your bad side!

The prophet reminded them of how Israel was like that! They got into a bad place, no worship, no teaching, and there was trouble everywhere! It was not safe to be out on the streets, not safe to travel! Nation was against Nation, City against City. Every kind of distress!

It even says that God was stirring up the pot with every kind of distress! Why do you think He did that? Maybe punishment for wrongdoing? Maybe He’s like saying, Hey guys, remember me up here? Maybe both?