Gem for Wednesday
April 13
"Seek ye the Lord while He may be found, call ye upon Him while He is near." (Isaiah 55:6)
Men are responsible to turn to the Lord, and so to find Him as their deliverer. It is not that He is hidden and has to be searched for, but the call is to earnestness of purpose in turning to Him and heeding His voice while He waits to be gracious, lest if He be rejected too often He may no longer exercise the hearts and consciences of those who harden themselves against Him.
"Let the wicked forsake his way" (Isaiah 55:7) by turning to God in true repentance and the acknowledgment of utter helplessness, thus repudiating the thoughts of the natural heart, and he may be assured that as he turns to the Lord, God waits to "abundantly pardon," for He delights to meet the trusting penitent in grace. (H.A. Ironside - The Prophet Isaiah)
N.J. Hiebert # 2215
"Seek ye the Lord while He may be found, call ye upon Him while He is near." (Isaiah 55:6)
Men are responsible to turn to the Lord, and so to find Him as their deliverer. It is not that He is hidden and has to be searched for, but the call is to earnestness of purpose in turning to Him and heeding His voice while He waits to be gracious, lest if He be rejected too often He may no longer exercise the hearts and consciences of those who harden themselves against Him.
"Let the wicked forsake his way" (Isaiah 55:7) by turning to God in true repentance and the acknowledgment of utter helplessness, thus repudiating the thoughts of the natural heart, and he may be assured that as he turns to the Lord, God waits to "abundantly pardon," for He delights to meet the trusting penitent in grace. (H.A. Ironside - The Prophet Isaiah)
N.J. Hiebert # 2215
