Seek The Lord While He May Be Found!

Seek the Lord While He May be Found!

Special song: How could you say no to this Man

I turned 60 this past week! Wow!

I remember when I was little and I thought 20 years old was really old! Lol!

I remember when I was 40 and my work hired a bunch of 20 somethings and I overheard them talking about “the old guy” and then I realized they were talking about me! Hey!!!

Now I’m 60! I know some of you are thinking, you’re just a baby! Lol!

So as you get older you start thinking, weird, I have probably crossed that point where I have less days left than days that have passed for me.

How do I know? Well, just guesstimating. In the United States the average life expectancy is about 80 years old! A few years more for women and a few years less for men. Plus, I probably have a few health things that might bring it down a little more too. So if I can hope to expect 70 to 75 years, then wow, that’s coming up fast! Eek! So make the most of the time you have left, because you don’t know how much time you might have left the further along you get!

So where does that take us? It takes us to Isaiah 55!

Isaiah 55

“Ho! Every one who thirsts, come to the waters;

And you who have no money come, buy and eat.

Come, buy wine and milk

Without money and without cost.

2 “Why do you spend money for what is not bread,

And your wages for what does not satisfy?

Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good,

And delight yourself in abundance.

Isn’t it weird what we occupy our time with? We know there are important things in life but instead, we waste our time doing things that just don't matter!

God wants a relationship with you. He’s begging for you to gather under His wings, but what do we do instead, we ignore Him and we turn to our wicked ways.

God is like saying, “come here, I have free food, good food, come and eat!”

But what do we do? Naw, I think I’ll go eat at this really bad restaurant over here that failed all of the health inspections and several people got sick and died. What is wrong with us?

3 “Incline your ear and come to Me.

Listen, that you may live;

And I will make an everlasting covenant with you,

According to the faithful mercies shown to David.

4 “Behold, I have made him a witness to the peoples,

A leader and commander for the peoples.

5 “Behold, you will call a nation you do not know,

And a nation which knows you not will run to you,

Because of the Lord your God, even the Holy One of Israel;

For He has glorified you.”

God wants to make a win-win covenant with you, He wants to make a deal where you’ll win and win big!, but no, we want to say, naw, I like losing everything and going broke instead! LIke what?

God wants to give us a great leader (Jesus), but instead, naw, we want to follow all of the worst leaders ever to our doom and destruction! What is wrong with us!

God wants to give us all of this good stuff and give us great blessings and a great life and what do we respond with? Nope, no thanks, we’ll take the worst! What is wrong with us?

If that’s you, turn it around! Think about the direction you’re heading and realize there’s a much better option before it’s too late and you’ll eternally regret your decisions!

6 Seek the Lord while He may be found;

Call upon Him while He is near.

7 Let the wicked forsake his way

And the unrighteous man his thoughts;

And let him return to the Lord,

And He will have compassion on him,

And to our God,

For He will abundantly pardon.

There’s a hymn by Fannie Crosby (a prolific hymn writer) called Pass Me Not:

Pass me not, O gentle Savior,

Hear my humble cry,

While on others Thou art calling,

Do not pass me by.

Refrain:

Savior, Savior,

Hear my humble cry;

While on others Thou art calling,

Do not pass me by.

For a long time I hated that hymn because I couldn’t see what it meant for Jesus to pass saving anyone. But in retrospect I don’t believe that’s what it’s about. I believe it comes from verse 6 of Isaiah 55 where it talks about Seek the Lord while He may be found!

Now “while” is a time word which means you won’t always be able to seek the Lord and be saved! How is this possible? Well, right now, we’re thinking about Jesus and we’re talking about Jesus and His salvation and I can even encourage you to trust in Jesus for your salvation, which I really hope you do. However, it’s up to you to make that decision, I can’t make it for you! And of course, I hope you will make a decision this very moment to trust in Jesus and be saved!