Seek Him, Call Upon Him

Good Morning,

Isaiah 55:6 (NKJV)
Seek the LORD while He may be found,
Call upon Him while He is near.

You know, I have to admit that I couldn't really figure out this verse for a while. "Seek the Lord while He may be found," I mean, can't He ALWAYS be found? "Call upon Him while He is near," again, isn't He ALWAYS near? So my mind sort of struggled with what was being said here and It took me some time before I realized that it isn't God who might be difficult to find and it isn't Him who isn't near. The problem lies within us, not Him.

There are times...when our lives aren't as they should be and when we are doing things we ought not to be doing...when we have great difficulty finding God. But that isn't because He doesn't want to be found, it's because we've separated ourselves from Him and we have hidden ourselves from Him. That is what makes Him hard to find. It's because of where WE are, not because of where HE is.

It's the same with calling upon Him "while He is near." It is me who has drifted far away from God and, therefore, have a tough time calling upon Him. It's certainly not Him who has gone away from me.

I think that we just don't understand, sometimes, when we have a hard time finding the Lord and can't seem to call upon Him because He seems so far away. If we look closely, we will see that the problem is within, not without.

God can always be found and will always hear our call, believe me on that. However, we must remember that it's so much easier and simpler when we are close to Him. We have to make the effort to leave where we might be...perhaps lost and far away...to get closer to Him. When we do that, we are often amazed at how close He really is and how easy it is to call on Him.

Love, peace, and blessings,

David