Seek Ye The Lord

“Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭55:6-7‬ ‭KJV‬‬

“The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.” ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭34:18‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Seek The LORD while He may be found . . . While He is near . . . He is near the broken hearted!

Many think they are broken hearted, but until you have a contrite spirit - you are not yet broken! 

Broken hearted people are not just sad, they are repentant!

con·trite

kənˈtrīt,ˈkäntrīt/

adjective

1. feeling or expressing remorse or penitence; affected by guilt.

   "a broken and a contrite heart"

   synonyms:

   remorseful, repentant, penitent, regretful, sorry, apologetic, rueful, sheepish, hangdog, ashamed, chastened, shamefaced, conscience-stricken, guilt-ridden

Brokenness is nowhere to turn but to God! Brokenness is where you have exhausted every means available and surrender! You get to the point, you realize you have no other option! That is where you finally humble yourself and say, "Okay, LORD, I'm Yours, such as I am! Do with me as You will!" At that point of surrender, repentance is made! That is where you turn around! 

It is a heart thing!

Saying "I repent" with your mouth, is not repentance! Repentance is a complete and total turnaround of flesh and spirit! Giving-up of self! Then and only then can God work in and through you! 

Surrender is hard, that's why it takes such drastic events to bring us to that point! Our flesh does not want to give up the fight! Even our denomination tells us to be strong - which as long as we are "standing strong" we are standing in the flesh! 

“And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.”

‭‭2 Corinthians‬ ‭12:9‬ ‭KJV‬‬

As long as we are "standing strong", but have not submitted to obedience, we are not being made to stand by Him, but are doing it in our own might! We are "talking the talk, without walking the walk!"

Confession (of The Word) without obedience to The Word of God is as witchcraft!

The enemy knows there is power in the words we speak, so he twists the Word, so even though we think we are doing right, we are in error, thereby nullifying our efforts!

“Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.” James‬ ‭5:16‬ ‭KJV‬‬

We obey all but one line of this scripture, rendering it all disobedience! Surrender means laying down your pride;  humbling yourself before God and a brother/sister; saying, "I've done it all wrong; I repent for my sin of unforgiveness and judging - forgive me!" That is obedience and that's when God does miracles! That's when freedom comes! That's when healing comes! That's when you become His child! You actually take on His nature! 

Not confessing your sin, before a trusted brother or sister is direct defiance to His Word and right where the enemy wants you! It keeps you prideful, just like him!

I know for a fact that this is Truth! For 60 years I was like that; doing what I had been taught! When I became broken, a friend pointed me to the Truth and (having tried all that man had to offer) I (in obedience) confessed my sins to a brother and sister in The LORD and I was healed! I was delivered! And I have stayed that way! I chose to obey the Word of God instead of the traditional doctrine and it changed my life! 

Please repent, while there is still time!

There will come a day for all of us, when time runs out!

Even so - MARANATHA! 

From 2/10/15