SEEK AND YE SHALL FIND - WHAT ARE YOU SEARCHING FOR?
by LILACLADYJUNEBUG2
IN TRAVELING ON THE ROAD OF LIFE
WE NEED TO KNOW WHOM TO SEEK
MATTHEW 6.33
SEEK YE FIRST THE KINGDOM OF GOD
AND ALL THESE THINGS
SHALL BE ADDED UNTO YOU
Psalm 31.15 My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.
This is the same Psalm from which David declared in verse 5 "Into thy hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth." Jesus said this very same thing in Luke 23. verse 45,46 when Scripture tells us "And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst. And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commit my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost."
Matthew 7. 7,8 In this passage Jesus was giving to us instructions as to the Way we should go. Everyone was expecting an EARTHLY KING, and had no idea of the truth that here was The King, and His Kingdom was surely as THE KING OF THE JEWS, yet He came to give us the KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.
Many today are looking for physical safety, and freedom from fear. We forget that Paul has told us in I Corinthians 15. 3,4 "For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; and that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures."
ASKING
SEEKING
KNOCKING
MANY PEOPLE ARE ENTERING THE WRONG DOORS
FOR THEY ARE NOT SEEKING THE RIGHT PATH.
So, the question I ask, is
HAVE YOU BEEN SEARCHING
IN THE RIGHT PLACE?
ONE OF MY PASTIMES IS TAKING PHOTOS
When I see rock formations along the highway, I like to take a photo of it, so that when I am home I can look at the picture with a magnifying glass. Or, if I choose, I can put it on the computer - and in photos - I can look at the photo rotating it upside down, or sideways, and back again. Quite often, I do this. It has helped me appreciate how to draw what I see. Many times I see in the rocks evidences of the FLOOD that came when God told Noah to build the Ark.
As I search to see things in the rocks, I learn much about
this old world. There is much evidence in it that speaks of how God is the Creator, and how, because of sin, He sent the FLOOD.
I am suggesting that if you have not, do so, read the first 9 chapters of the book of GENESIS in the Bible. I recommend the King James Version in that I find it is most accurate. There are many good translations of the Bible, but it is remarkable that we even have it.
Psalm 119. 105 says THY WORD IS A LAMP UNTO MY FEET, AND A LIGHT UNTO MY PATH.
I was in a cabin with other girls as a young lady, and we were camping for a week with the Gospel being taught there. In the night, if I had to go to the restroom, I had to take a flashlight
with me, and I think this verse exactly what happens when we use the light to show our feet where to go in the dark, and that the path becomes accessible as the light shines ahead of me.
When the lightbulb was discovered
it made a big difference in people's lives.
Today there are people searching
but the lightbulb of their soul is not plugged into the socket.
Unless the light is put into the socket
it will not work.
In Psalms 18.25 - 36 it tells us:
18.25 With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man, thou wilt shew thyself upright. 26. With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward. 27. For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but will bring down high looks. 28. FOR THOU WILT LIGHT MY CANDLE, THE LORD MY GOD WILL ENLIGHTEN MY DARKNESS. 29. For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall. 30. As for God, his way is perfect, the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him. 31. For who is God save the LORD? or who is a rock save our God? 32. It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect. 32. He maketh my feet like hinds' feet, and setteth me upon my high places. 34. He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms. 35. Thou hast also given me the shield of thy SALVATION (Y'SHUA) and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great. 36. Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.
When I realize you may not understand, so let me explain why this passage is so meaningful to me.
I fell in 2007 and broke my right wrist, and it was operated on, and I began to use it again. Then in 2009, I fell while feeding birds in my yard. I had not listened to my dear husband who had said kindly, "June, don't go out and feed the birds, I will do it. It is too icy." Think of it. I like to do things for myself. We all do. That is just how SIN occurs. When we want what we want to do, and to do it as we wish, not what God wants.
Romans 3.23 For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God.
John 3.3 Jesus told Nicodemus, Verily, Verily, (Amen, Amen) I say to thee, except a man be born again, he cannot see the Kingdom of God.
John 3.5 Jesus answered again and said, Verily, Verily (Amen, Amen) I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
We are born with water when we are PHYSICALLY BORN. As the mother's water breaks, the baby is sure to come.
So the first BIRTHDAY IS A REALITY WE ALL HAVE.
The second BIRTHDAY is to be born of the Spirit.
JESUS TOLD NICODEMUS (John 3.16)
For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have
everlasting life.
He continues, and says
(John 3.17,18)
For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through him might be saved. He that believeth on him is not condemned; but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son.
REMEMBER PSALM 119.105
THY WORD IS A LAMP UNTO MY FEET,
AND A LIGHT UNTO MY PATH.
Again Psalm 18.28 tells us,
FOR THOU WILT LIGHT MY CANDLE,
THE LORD MY GOD WILL ENLIGHTEN MY DARKNESS.
Jesus further said to Nicodemus, "And this is the condemnation that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil; for everyone that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God."
John 3. 19 - 21
ARE YOU SEARCHING IN THE DARKNESS ?
JESUS SAID
John 8.12 I am the light of the world. He that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
Psalm 27.1
The LORD is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? The LORD is the strength of my life: of whom shall I be afraid?
Matthew 1.21
The angel told Joseph "Thou shalt call his name JESUS, for he shall save his people from their sins.
Y'SHUA
=
THE ONE WHO SAVES
THE SAVIOR
THE DELIVERER
THE LORD GOD sent his Son the Lord Jesus Christ to be born, to live, to minister Light in the Darkness, to be rejected, to suffer and die as MY PASSOVER LAMB, and now in Him I can
truly ASK, SEEK, AND KNOCK for I have
access by faith to the Lord God Himself.
Matthew 7.13,14
Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be that go in thereat; because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
Jesus told his disciples several times what He had come to do.
It is recorded in Scripture that Jesus Himself declared his purpose in coming into the world, and foretold about his death, burial and resurrection.
When He sat at table with the disciples, he declared again the same.
How? By his words in the taking of the Bread and the Cup.
Matthew 26.26 - 28 And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body; And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it. For this isis my blood of the NEW TESTAMENT, which is shed for many for the remission (forgiveness) of sins.
A TESTAMENT IS A WILL THAT ONLY GOES INTO
EFFECT WHEN THE PERSON
WHO DIRECTS IT DIES.
WHEN JESUS DIED -
THIS WAS THE TESTAMENT HE LEFT FOR US.
HIS BLOOD, HIS BODY TOOK
MY SIN
AND YOURS
AND
PAID
IN
FULL
THE GUILT
THE PENALTY
THE CONDEMNATION
AND
HE WAS CUT OFF
FOR YOU AND ME
HIS RESURRECTION
PROVES THE TESTAMENT IS INDEED IN EFFECT.
2 CORINTHIANS 5.21
He hath made him to be sin for us who knew no sin, that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
Matthew 16.21, 22
From this time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how he must go unto Jerusalem; and suffer many things of the elders,
and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day. Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall not be unto thee. But he turned and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan, thou art an offence unto me: for thou savorest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.
He further declared
Matthew 16.23,24
Then said Jesus unto his disciples,
If any man will come after me, let him deny himself,
and take up his cross, and follow me.
For whosoever will save his life shall lose it;
and whosoever shall lose his life for my sake
shall find it.
Matthew 17. 22- 23
The second time He warns them.
And while they abode in Galilee, Jesus said unto them,
The Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men, and they shall kill him, and the third day, he shall be raised again.
And they were exceeding sorry.
I think of when my dear Mother was ill, and nearing death. She was trying to tell me FACTS about things SHE WANTED ME TO DO. But because I was so sad about her coming death, I did not pay too much attention TO HER REQUESTS. So I had to really search my heart after she died, for I COULD NOT REMEMBER what she told me to do.
It did work out. I did remember.
Here the Disciples were focused on the Coming Death.
They were sad.
Their focus was not on HIS PROMISE OF THE RESURRECTION.
Again, in Matthew 20.17 - 19
Jesus again tells his Disciples this.
And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apart in the way, and said unto them,
Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of man shall be betrayed into the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death; and shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock and to scourge; and to crucify him: and the third day he shall rise again.
In my next post I will look at Jesus' words
when he arose from the dead.
HOPE IS FOUND ONLY IN JESUS
HE IS THE ONE WHO CAN SAVE
WHO CAN LIGHT UP OUR LIFE
WHO CAN FORGIVE OUR SIN
WHO CAN CLEANSE OUR HEARTS
AND PURIFY OUR LIVES
TO SERVE HIM.
ONE DOOR AND ONLY ONE
AND YET ITS SIDES ARE TWO
I'M ON THE INSIDE
ON WHICH SIDE ARE YOU?
ONE GATE AND ONLY ONE
AND YET ITS WAY IS CLEAR
I MUST CHOOSE THE STRAIT AND NARROW GATE
AND LEAVE THE WIDE AND BROAD WAY
IF I AM TO FIND
THE ANSWER TO MY GREATEST NEED
Down at the cross where the Savior died,
there where for cleansing from sin I cried,
There to my heart was the Blood applied,
Glory to His Name.
Glory to His Name
Glory to His Name
There to my heart was the blood applied,
Glory to His Name.
MATTHEW 28.18 - 20
And Jesus came and spoke unto them saying,
All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth, Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, AND OF THE SON, AND OF THE HOLY GHOST,
Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you, and lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world.
The Yakima River flowing here keeps the farmers happy
Is there a river of LIFE flowing in you?
If so, then you will be fruitful and abiding in Christ.
Galatians 2.20
I am crucified with Christ, nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live, I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
John 15.5
If you abide in me, and my words abide in you,
ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
just plug yourself into the light source !
John 6.37 - 40
All that the Father hath given me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out. For I came down from heaven not to do my own will, but the will of him that sent me. And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day. And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life, and I will raise him up at the last day.
Acts 4.12
Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is no other name under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved.
