And The Spirit

“And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded: And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The Lord is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you. Now for a long season Israel hath been without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law. But when they in their trouble did turn unto the Lord God of Israel, and sought him, he was found of them. And in those times there was no peace to him that went out, nor to him that came in, but great vexations were upon all the inhabitants of the countries.” 2 Chronicles‬ ‭15:1-5‬ ‭KJV

Did you catch that? “if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.”  Wow! 

Those are true words especially for today! 

We as a people and we as individuals have forsook The LORD and He, as a result, has forsaken us!

However, when we repent (turn back) and seek Him with our whole hearts He WILL be found by us! 

"The LORD is with you while you are with Him"; when was the last time you heard that preached? 

At no time, in the Word of God, does it say you can do your own thing and God will bless it! Every time man does what is "right in his own eyes", it leads to destruction! 

"As it is written: “There is none righteous, no, not one; There is none who understands; There is none who seeks after God. They have all turned aside; They have together become unprofitable; There is none who does good, no, not one.” “Their throat is an open tomb; With their tongues they have practiced deceit”; “The poison of asps is under their lips”; “Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.” “Their feet are swift to shed blood; Destruction and misery are in their ways; And the way of peace they have not known.” “There is no fear of God before their eyes.”" (‭Romans‬ ‭3‬:‭10-18‬ NKJV)

When we seek God, it has to be with our whole heart! It can't be halfway! He will not share His throne with other gods. We must cast down our idols! 

The trials and the tests are to turn us back to God. He knows our time is running out. The time for playing church is over! He is serious and we must be too!

"“You shall have no other gods before Me." (Exodus‬ ‭20‬:‭3‬ NKJV)

I read recently:

"Little children, keep yourselves from idols." (I John‬ ‭5‬:‭21‬ NKJV) "By God's design, your idols will always turn on you." (Geri McGhee)

Our idols today (our golden calfs) are our children, our spouses, our jobs, our homes, our sports or hobbies! Whatever consumes our time. Whatever we put above our time with God! Whatever we worry about!!!!

Joyce Green said: “At the center of your storm is your idol!”

Ask God to open your eyes and ears and change your heart!  Ask God to show you your idols, He will! Then you remove them; repent and ask God to take His rightful place as LORD!

"But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you."(‭Matthew‬ ‭6‬:‭33‬ NKJV)

Be obedient! 

Seek Him first in all things! 

Even so - MARANATHA! 

From 12/24/15