SEEK MY FACE
In a world where mankind seeks riches, power, fame, and glory to themselves, there is an ever seeing eye watching from above and breathing whispers through the winds of an urgent and longing request, "Seek My Face."
"When You said, "Seek My Face,"
My heart said to You,
"O Lord, I will seek Your face."
We have a God, our Lord Jesus Christ, who desires more than anything to commune with us, walk with us in the cool of the day, and comfort us in the darkest night. This is a nighttime age we are living in. It seems every morning we awake to more startling, horrific news, but we are not alone; the Psalm says, "I sought the Lord, and He answered me; He delivered me from all my fears." He holds us when we ache and calms us when we're terrified; He is a very present help in times of trouble.
To seek Him is to obey Him; we are buried with Him and take His name in baptism (Acts 2:38; Acts 10:48; Acts 19:5). What a lovely name, Jesus Christ; it is the name above every name and soon the whole world will call His name. The world will have nowhere else to turn; there are no other Gods beside Him; the Lord Jesus Christ, alone, is God, and He is keenly aware of the pitching, groaning agony of His beloved earth. As numerous earthquakes rock and reel this feeble planet, we have a hope, "I have set the Lord always before me. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken." (Psalm 16:8) The ground beneath us may crack and move, but we, who are in Christ Jesus, will stand upon the promises and strength of Almighty God.
When we hunger after the Lord, thirst after Him, and seek Him with all of our hearts, we are reaching for His favor. "Seek the Lord, all you humble of the land, you who do what He commands. Seek righteousness, seek humility; perhaps you will be sheltered on the day of the Lord's anger." (Zephaniah 2:3) Is the Lord angry, and why is He angry? Sin. A Holy God and sinful nations do not agree, but He is longsuffering and patient; He is forgiving and merciful if only we call out to Him. "For His anger endures but a moment; in His favor is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning." (Psalm 30:5)
Ah, to experience Joy in the dawn of sunlight; Joy can exist in the weary harshness of utter torment, in the ebony of the loneliest of nights, in the midst of total and massive destruction, and in the middle of the tearful season of sorrows. The Lord Jesus Christ will fill you with His Spirit, the Holy Ghost; it is Joy unspeakable and full of Glory! Seek Him for His Spirit; He will fill you; ask and you will receive. You will speak in other tongues as the Spirit of God gives the utterance; it is your spirit conversing with the God of the universe. Hundreds of millions have been filled with the Holy Ghost to date and the Bible says in Joel that God will pour out His Spirit upon all flesh. (Joel 2:28)
We have a God, our Lord Jesus Christ, who is not just any man. He is a man who tells you to catch a fish to pay your taxes, who is mauled by hundreds but asks "who touched me," who purposely leaves a body dead so He can raise him up after four days, and who asks a blind man "what do you see?" He also said that He was going away, but that He would be back. And ... you can count on it!
What does the Lord say to the precious Japanese today? What does He say to all those shaking their rioting fists in the air, to all who are full of hatred, deceit and turmoil, and to the Nations of the world in the throws of devastation and terror? He says three little words, "I love You;" then, He pauses and says three more, "Seek My Face."
By Sheryl Fowler
(Visit promiselandchurch.net and theexperience238.com, PromiseLand
Church, Austin, Texas, Pastor Kenneth Phillips)
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