Isaiah 55:6 Seek the LORD while he
may be found; call on him while he is near.
The theme of this
verse of Scripture, reaching out to God right now, and not putting it off until
tomorrow or a later date that would be more convenient for us, is found
throughout the bible (Proverbs 27:1). We find this also from the book of
James (James 4:13-16).
The Prophet Isaiah is
trying to impress upon God’s people's awareness and appreciation of the fact
that this is the time that God can be found, so seek after God today, do not
put it off until tomorrow. The Prophet is not saying that God is hiding Himself
and today is the only day he can be found. God can only be found when the
hearts of people are persuaded to look for Him, this desire in our hearts to
seek after God is a gift from God. The idea here is not that God will not be
here tomorrow, He is eternal, it is that we may not be here tomorrow.
There is another
thesis that can be found in this warning to the Children of Israel from Isaiah
(55:6). There was a coming time, not too many years from the time that
Isaiah wrote this, that the Promised Messiah would show Himself on the earth.
There would be many that would deny Christ Jesus as the Son of God, and miss
out on the greatest blessing of all, eternal life. If we fail to seek after
God, when this gift of desire is placed in our hearts, we may very well lose
some great blessing that God has in store for us. There are also many today,
that lose that greatest blessing of eternal life, by putting off accepting
Christ as their Savior until a later time in their life. The problem with
waiting until a more opportune moment in our lives is that we might miss the
very moment that God has prepared for us to accept Christ Jesus as our Lord and
Savior. Since we all have an expiration date in this life and for the majority
of folks we do not know when that will occur, waiting could cost us a price
that we cannot afford to pay. That price would be to have to live eternally
separated from God for eternity.
Isaiah is
attempting to impress upon all whose eyes fall on this writing a sense of
urgency. The fact of the matter is not that God is hiding and can’t be found
but He can only be found when our hearts, spirit, and souls are inclined to search
for Him. This inclination itself is a gift from God that expires at our last
heartbeat here on this earth.
This same sense of
urgency that applies to those that do not yet know Christ as their Savior is
also applied to the followers and believers in Christ Jesus to share the Gospel
with as many as we possibly can. This means living our lives in a manner that
the lost around us might want to know more of the peace that we enjoy that
cannot be explained through human or worldly terms (Philippians 4:7).
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