Seek God and Be Found

Brothers and Sisters, I was studying Psalm 40 recently and I felt the desire to write on it today. The beginning of this Psalm talks of a person waiting on God to hear the suffering the writer is feeling.   
 
I waited patiently for Adonai, till he turned toward me and heard my cry.
He brought me up from the roaring pit, up from the muddy ooze,
and set my feet on a rock, making my footing firm.
 
Do you hear the cry of a person in the darkness, apart from God, until the cry is heard for release from the suffering of sin? Then when He lifts us up, He gives us the strength and courage to be held by Him in all situations.
 
God brought us out of the depths of sin and set us on the rock which is the Word that fills us and encourages us to face anything the world puts in our way.  

He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God.
Many will look on in awe and put their trust in Adonai.
How blessed the man who trusts in Adonai and does not look to the arrogant
or to those who rely on things that are false.

When we turn towards God leaving the world behind we are given new eyes that see Him, a new mouth that speaks the Word from our hearts, a new purpose found only in God’s truths.   

How much you have done, Adonai my God! Your wonders and your thoughts toward us --
none can compare with you! I would proclaim them, I would speak about them;
but there’s too much to tell!

Because we see with new eyes and speak with a new heart we can know the awesome wonders that God has done in all creation the way He desires us to see it. He gives us the words to speak but no matter how much we try to tell, there are ever more words to describe His Grace, His Glory, His Mercy, His Praise. So much that not one person can speak of the entirety of God.

Sacrifices and grain offerings you don’t want; burnt offerings and sin offerings you don’t demand. Instead, you have given me open ears; so then I said, “Here I am! I’m coming!
In the scroll of a book it is written about me.

God does not desire physical offerings that are burnt with the sweet aroma raising to heaven, He desires a personal relationship with us as we should with Him. We should be running the race, following His Word and Commands while keeping our part of the covenant made with our very souls in mind. We are His inheritance and have been bought with the blood of His Son, the incarnate Word, Jesus. It is He who gave us the pure example of how God desires us to live on this earth. We are to live for God in good relationship with each other, helping each other not destroying ourselves through lies and sinfulness.

This Psalm gives me the encouragement to bring others to God through the knowledge of His character and values that we have within us. To know that His truth is the only truth we need to place our trust in. Oh to be in the protection of His loving arms, sharing His love with all people.
Keep His Word on your heart and remember the sacrifice God had made so that we can return to Him. God’s Love, Grace and Mercy be with you all of your days.

In Christ,

Rob Servant of God