07/12/2021 - THE ADVANTAGE OF SEEKING THE LORD

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The young lions lack and suffer hunger; but those who seek the Lord shall not lack any good thing. Psalm 34.10

If you are in a difficult phase and inspiration seems to desert you, stop and see what the Most High has pronounced about you, for your guidance:  Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you” (Hebrews 13.5). Isn’t it time to take a stand about how you live, the things you approve of or practice?

God draws our attention to a phenomenon of nature, when even the king of the beasts cannot get food for himself and his young, which are starving. It does not matter if everyone considers you successful; what really matters – is your faith. Those who are not well with their heavenly Father are full of problems, but when they turn to the Source of Goodness, they soon find the way out of their crises.

No matter how consecrated someone is, the Almighty sees, in His wisdom, His children in need of a word that can solve the problem and He hears their prayers, but He doesn’t answer them. Why does He who is love (1 John 4.16) act this way with those who have Him as Lord? He knows all things, because He sees into our hearts. God never answers as we wish but in such a way that we can go back to Him (Hebrews 12.4-13).

The great love of the Most High for man-whether a member of His people or someone far from His house – causes the Lord to leave him alone. Because he did not understand the faith he embraced, this individual could not withstand the test. Then, as he faces a serious problem, the Father teaches him about the bigger mistake he is making. After helping him increase his faith, God declares that the case has been solved. Check out this fact in the episode of the mother of the demon-possessed girl (Matthew 15.22-28).

In the world, there are many “lions”, real beasts in their profession. However, when the devil takes advantage of the breach, which these people have secretly opened – he does his work of destruction. There is no end to it unless the people repent, turn to the Lord, and receive forgiveness and deliverance from oppression. In the face of the catastrophic situations experienced by man, there is only one way out: sincere repentance.

Children always think they are wiser than their parents, but as is often the case, human knowledge is worthless against the onslaught of the hellish forces. There is only one way to overcome evil: to repent and return to fellowship with God (Revelation 2:5). The Word has the way out of your difficulty. Many, for example, have done double evil, for they leave the Source of Good and dig for themselves – broken cisterns which hold no water at all (Jeremiah 2.13). Live for Jesus now!

As we have seen, there is only one way to meet your needs: to make your way back to the Lord, with true repentance. Then your eyes will be opened, your heart will be established, and your mountain will be carried into the middle of the sea, at your command, using the Name of Jesus (Mark 11.23). Whoever seeks the Lord will lack nothing!

In Christ, with love,

R. R. Soares