March 16, 2015

 

Dear Allen Temple Family and Friends,

    

Hope this week's note finds you having experienced the Blessed Assurance that comes with knowing God. Our Lenten Sermon Series will resume this Sunday with the fifth and sixth "I AM" sayings of Jesus. In preparation, I really wanted to write something around seeking God. After all, that's what this Journey is supposed to be about. Taking time, to stop and seek the Lord intentionally. It is a worthy subject and one that is quite appropriate. The examples are too numerous to list of this noble bible characters who diligently and consistently sought the Lord. Moses, Esther, David and Daniel are just a small few.

 

In addition, there are all kinds of scriptures that encourage us, even commanding us to "Seek the Lord". The prophet Amos speaks to the house of Israel saying, "For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live: But seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nought.   Seek the LORD, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Bethel.   Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth, Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name!" (Amos 5:4-8, KJV) Clearly, the Lord desires to be sought.