Subtitle: Seekers Will Find God
“Who may go up the LORD'S
mountain? Who may stand in his holy place? [The one who] has clean hands and a
pure heart and does not long for what is false or lie when he is under oath. [This
person] will receive a blessing from the LORD
and righteousness from God, his savior. This is the person who seeks him, who
searches for the face of the God of Jacob.” Psalm 24:3-6 (God’s Word, Copyright 1995 by God’s
Word to the Nations Bible Society, www.godsword.org)
Those who desire to be with God
will find Him. Those who resist the Spirit and reject God will be rejected
by God. The promises of God only apply to those who by faith submit to His
power and authority over them. It takes God’s Spirit working through God’s Word
to rescue an unbeliever from the grip of Satan and bring them into a new life
in Jesus Christ. As Christians our role in this rescue is to faithfully
proclaim God’s Word and God will take care of the rest. This work takes place
in the midst of genuine relationships with our neighbors.
Our witness begins in our
neighborhood. We proclaim God’s Word through our actions, our humility, our
failures, our acts of love, and in the midst of conversations with those we
have built genuine relationships. We live as salt, melting away the ice within
stone cold hearts. We live as light, guiding people toward the Savior. God
promises to do the rest!
To those who are looking for God,
he says,
Seek and you will find. Knock and
the door will be opened for you.
To those who are broken by the weight
of their sin and guilt, he says,
I have come to bind up the broken
and to open the eyes of the blind.
To us, he asks, How can they hear, unless they are told?
How
can they see unless their eyes are opened?
For (the Gospel, that is, God’s
Word) is the power unto salvation to everyone who hears it.
It is the power of the Spirit of God working through his Word that
calls, gathers, enlightens, and leads seekers to faith in Jesus Christ. I know
that I did not come to God by my own reason or strength, but it was the power
of the Holy Spirit that worked faith in me, to believe in Jesus Christ as my
Lord and Savior. And God promises that He will give that gift of faith to
everyone who seeks after Him.
Jesus invites seekers to listen
to him,
Those who have the ears to hear,
listen to what I have to say.
These are the ones who receive
the promises of God spoken to us by the Psalmist.
[This person] will receive a
blessing from the LORD and
righteousness from God, his savior. This is the person who seeks him, who
searches for the face of the God of Jacob.
Here is an outreach promise and
word of encouragement from Psalm 24:
Be BOLD in your outreach! Do
not give up!
Trust in God!
Be faithful in your work and the Holy Spirit will create faith within
the hearts of those who are seeking the Lord.
They will see God face to face.
